Sequences of the hemagglutinins of recent strains of influenza type B virus

ABSTRACT

The invention provides sequence analyses for recent strains of Influenza Type B Virus.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Influenza type B viruses have been isolated during periods of widespread influenza activity during five of the last ten influenza seasons in the United States. During this time, each major peak of influenza B activity has been associated with the emergence of a new antigenic variant of the virus. As with influenza type A viruses, antigenic drift in influenza type B virus occurs through the accumulation of amino acid changes in the HA1 subunit of the major vital structural glycoprotein, the hemagglutinin (HA).

Analysis of antigenic drift variants of influenza A using molecular modeling techniques has shown that, although the major antigenic domains are clearly identified, nearly the entire outer surface of the globular head region of the HA1 subunit has changed in 10 years. While the structure of the HA of influenza type B viruses appears to be analogous to that of the type A virus HA, the spatial arrangement of the antibody combining sites on the HA of influenza B virus are undetermined since the three-dimensional structure of this protein is uncertain.

Antigenic sites on the HA of influenza type B have been delineated by sequence analysis of both circulating viruses and laboratory derived variants and may not be identical to those of influenza type A viruses. Data from sequencing studies, in conjunction with routine antigenic analysis, helped determine the evolutionary relationships between currently circulating strains of influenza virus. For recent influenza B viruses, at least two main lineages have co-existed since at least 1983. Viruses from each of these two lineages, B/Yamagata/16/88 (B/YM/88) and B/Victoria/2/87 (B/VI/87), had as many as 27 amino acid differences between their HA1 proteins by 1988 and were distinct antigenically. The B/YM/88-like viruses were found to be descendants of viruses similar to an earlier reference strain, B/USSR/100/83, while the B/VI/87-like viruses were related to the more recent epidemic variant, B/Ann Arbor/1/86.

During 1989-1990, influenza B viruses that were antigenically related to both B/VI/87 and B/YM/88 were isolated sporadically throughout the world and comprised less than 1% of the isolates reported in the United States. In spite of this limited circulation, antigenic drift variants were identified from each lineage. During 1990-1991, the majority of influenza isolates in many countries were type B. In the United States, approximately 90% of the reported influenza isolates were type B. Though viruses closely related to both B/VI/87 and B/YM/88 were identified, the majority of these influenza B isolates were antigenically related to a drift variant of B/YM/88, B/Hong Kong/22/89.

Current influenza vaccines typically comprise inactivated whole virus or "split" virus. Split virus is a membrane extract of a whole virus preparation and is usually used in children. The vaccine is produced by growing the virus in eggs, concentrating and purifying the virus, followed by inactivation with formalin. Presently, the vaccine is trivalent and comprises two type A viruses (H3N2 and H1N1 subtypes) and a type B component. B/Hong Kong/22/89, a virus whose sequence is described in this invention, is currently the type B component. The current dose is 45 micrograms (μg) or 15 μg of each component and the vaccine is administered intramuscularly. Influenza vaccine is typically given to high risk individuals every year in the late fall. High risk individuals include the elderly and those with chronic upper respiratory tract illness.

Because of antigenic drift of the virus, the viruses used as vaccine components are updated frequently, typically every 2 to 3 years, based on epidemiological data. The invention includes sequence data and antigenic data that can be used to describe a series of field isolates of influenza B. The sequence data would allow, for example, verification that the virus in the vaccine is in fact, B/Hong Kong/22/89. The vaccine manufacturers do not usually sequence their vaccine seed stocks.

The invention characterizes, by molecular and serologic methods, influenza B viruses representative of viruses isolated during the 1989 to 1990 and 1990 to 1991 influenza seasons. Amino acid changes potentially involved in altered antigenic reactivity are identified for both the B/VI/87-like and B/YM/88-like viruses and the genetic relationships between the HA of these drift variants are analyzed. Nucleic acid sequences and amino acid sequences for the viral strains are provided. Methods of vaccination and diagnosis are also included.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The antigenic and genetic characteristics of the hemagglutinin genes of influenza type B viruses isolated since 1988 during periods of both widespread and sporadic activity were examined using microneutralization tests and direct RNA sequencing. During this time, influenza B viruses representative of two distinct lineages that are antigenically and genetically related to either B/Victoria/2/87 or B/Yamagata/16/88 were isolated.

Sequence analysis of the HA1 domains of representative viruses confirmed the continued existence of two main lineages among recent strains of influenza B and identified unique amino acid changes that could account for the altered antigenic reactivity of some variants. Sequence analysis of the HA2 domains of some of the recent influenza B viruses allowed for a comparison of the evolutionary rates and patterns between the HA1 and HA2 domains.

The invention includes a method for vaccinating a mammal against influenza type B comprising administering an effective amount of a recombinant protein having an antigenic determinant derived from a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ. I.D. Nos. 1-26. Preferably, the protein includes an immunodominant region such as amino acids 100-200 from the HA1 domain. The protein is competent to induce a protective immune response to influenza type B in a mammal to which the protein has been administered. The protein can be derived from a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ. I.D. Nos. 1-26.

Preferably the effective amount is selected from a range from about 0.1 μg to about 50 μg, the administration is parenteral such as intramuscular, and the mammal is a human. A more preferable dosage range is from about 15 μg to about 45 μg. Typically, a pharmaceutically appropriate additive, such as a diluent and an adjuvant, is administered concurrently with the protein. Nucleotide sequences and their corresponding amino acid sequences are provided.

Although vaccines of the invention can be prepared recombinantly, they can also be prepared using standard techniques applied to one of the strains sequenced in the invention.

The invention provides a method for identification of a strain of influenza type B comprising selecting a nucleotide sequence from the group consisting of SEQ. I.D. Nos. 1-26, producing a probe derived from the sequence, and using the probe to detect the viral strain. The probe is specific for the sequence under stringent hybridization conditions. The probe can be adapted for various techniques, such as a nucleic acid hybridization technique or a polymerase chain reaction technique.

Also included is a method of diagnosis of an infection of a mammal with influenza type B. This method includes selecting an antigenic determinant encoded by a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ. I.D. Nos. 1-26, contacting the determinant to a biological sample from the mammal to be evaluated, and observing for a reactivity between the sequence and the serum. This method can be adapted for use in a variety of tests. For example, an enzyme immunoassay can be employed. In this case, a monoclonal antibody to a human immunoglobulin against an influenza B hemagglutinin is preferably used. Other tests are included. For instance, the observation step can include observing for inhibition of hemagglutinin or for fixation of complement. Preferably, the mammal is a human and the sample is selected from the group consisting of throat swab specimens, nasal swab specimens, nasal wash specimens, sputum, tracheal secretions, blood, and serum.

DEFINITIONS

"Antibody" refers to an immunoglobulin molecule able to bind to a specific epitope on an antigen. Antibodies can be a polyclonal mixture or monoclonal. Antibodies can be intact immunoglobulins derived from natural sources or from recombinant sources and can be immunoreactive portions of intact immunoglobulins. Affinity constants of 1×10⁸ liters/mole are preferred. Antibodies may exist in a variety of forms including, for example, Fv, Fab, and F(ab)₂, as well as in single chains. (See Huston, et al., Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 85:5879-5883 (1988) and Bird, et al., Science 242:423-426 (1988), which are incorporated herein by reference. See generally, Hood, et al., "Immunology", Benjamin, N.Y., 2nd ed. (1984), and Hunkapiller and Hood, Nature, 323:15-16 (1986), which are incorporated herein by reference.

"Protein" refers to amino acid sequences, peptides, and polypeptides as well as proteins having tertiary structure.

"Antigen" refers to an entity or fragment thereof which can induce an immune response in a mammal. The term includes immunogens and regions responsible for antigenicity or antigenic determinants.

"Antigenic determinant" refers to a region of immunodominance.

"Complementary" means that one nucleic acid is identical to, or hybridizes selectively to, another nucleic acid. Selectivity of hybridization exists when hybridization occurs that is more selective than total lack of specificity. Typically, selective hybridization will occur when there is at least about 55% identity over a stretch of at least 14-25 nucleotides, preferably at least about 65%, more preferably at least about 75%, and most preferably at least about 90%. See, M. Kanehisa Nucleic Acids Res. 12:203 (1984), incorporated herein by reference.

"Isolated" or "substantially pure", when referring to nucleic acids, refers to those that have been purified away from other chromosomal or extrachromosomal DNA or RNA by standard techniques, including alkaline/SDS treatment, CsCl banding, column chromatography, and other techniques well known in the art. See, F. Ausubel, et al., ed. Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, Greene Publishing and Wiley-Interscience, New York (1987), incorporated herein by reference.

"Isolated DNA sequence" refers to deoxyribonucleic acid sequences which are cDNA when derived from reverse transcription of a messenger RNA.

"95% amino acid identity" refers to a comparison of the amino acids of two polypeptides which when optimally aligned have approximately 95% of the same amino acids.

"Nucleic acids", as used herein, may be DNA or RNA. Additionally, substantial nucleic acid sequence identity exists when a nucleic acid segment will hybridize, under stringent hybridization conditions, to a complement of another nucleic acid strand.

"Nucleic acid probes" may be RNA or DNA fragments prepared, for example, by digesting plasmid nucleic acid, or by PCR, or synthesized by methods such as the phosphoramidite method described by Beaucage and Carruthers, Tetrahedron Lett. 22:1859-1862 (1981), or by the triester method according to Matteucci, et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 103:3185 (1981), both incorporated herein by reference. Where a specific nucleic acid sequence is given, it is understood that the complementary strand is also identified and included. The complementary strand will work equally well in situations where the target is a double-stranded nucleic acid.

A nucleic acid probe is complementary to a target nucleic acid when it will anneal only to a single desired position on that target nucleic acid under stringent hybridization conditions, 1× SSC at 65°. Proper annealing conditions depend, for example, upon a probe's length, base composition, and the number of mismatches and their position on the probe, and must often be determined empirically.

For discussions of nucleic acid probe design and annealing conditions, see, for example, Sambrook et al., Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual (2nd ed.), Vols. 1-3, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, (1989) or Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, F. Ausubel et al., ed. Greene Publishing and Wiley-Interscience, New York (1987), both of which are incorporated herein by reference.

"Nucleic acid sequence" refers to a single- or double-stranded polymer of deoxyribonucleotide or ribonucleotide bases read from the 5' to the 3' end. It includes both self-replicating plasmids, infectious polymers of DNA or RNA and nonfunctional DNA or RNA.

"Specifically immunoreactive" refers to a binding reaction between an antibody and antigen which is determinative of the presence of the antigen in the presence of a heterogeneous population of proteins and other biologics.

"Substantially pure" as used herein means that the protein is as pure as can be obtained by standard isolation and purification means. Typically this means at least 80% pure as determined by SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 Electrophoretic analysis of the HAs of influenza B viruses. Preparations of B/IN/89 (lanes 1,3) or B/VI/89 (lanes 2,4) virus were subjected to electrophoresis through 8.0% 4 M urea polyacrylamide gels before being transferred to nitrocellulose and hybridized to rabbit antiserum against influenza B HA. Lanes 3 and 4 show preparations after treatment with Endo F.

FIG. 2 Evolutionary relationships of recent B/YM/88-like (panel A) or B/VI/87-like (panel B) isolates of influenza B. Scale is based on the number of amino acid changes between viruses. Tree-was drawn using the TREE program as described in Methods. Numbers of changed amino acid residues are shown along each branch. Amino acids 197 and 199 are not shown. Sequences from previous reports are: SN79: B/Singapore/222/79; SH87: B/Shanghai/12/87, VI87, YM88, BJ87, TX88.

FIG. 3. Evolutionary relationships of influenza B viruses from 1940 to 1991. Phenogram was drawn using the DNAML and DRAWGRAM programs and is based on the total number of nucleotide differences between viruses. Sequences from previous reports are: LE40: B/Lee/40; HK73: B/Hong Kong/73, MD59: B/Maryland/59; SN79: B/Singapore/222/79; EN82: B/England/222/82; AA86: B/Ann Arbor/i/86, SU83: B/USSR/100/83, SN88: B/Singapore/7/88, SH87: B/Shanghai/12/87, B/HK/88: B/Hong Kong/14/88, VI87, YM88, BJ87, TX88.

FIG. 4. Changes in the deduced amino acid sequences of the HA2 domains of influenza B viruses. Sequence of the HA2 of SN79 was determined by Verhoeyen, M., Rompuy, L., Jou, W., Huylebroeck, D. & Fiers, W., "Complete nucleotide sequence of the influenza B/Singapore/222/79 virus hemagglutinin gene and comparison with the B/Lee/40 hemagglutinin," Nucleic Acids Res. 11:4703-4712 (1983).

FIG. 5A-D. Shows how restriction endonucleases can be used to differentiate between a prior variant, BTX88 and a new virus B/HK289.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

This invention relates to isolated nucleic acid sequences encoding viral HA of selected influenza B strains and the gene product, HA types 1 and 2. The nucleic acid compositions, whether RNA, cDNA, or a hybrid of combinations, may be isolated from natural sources or may be synthesized in vitro. The preferred natural sources are the isolates on deposit at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). See Example 1 and Table 1. The nucleic acids claimed may be present in transformed or transfected whole cells, in a transformed or transfected cell lysate, or in a partially purified or substantially pure form.

Techniques for nucleic acid manipulation of genes encoding HA, such as subcloning nucleic acid sequences encoding polypeptides into expression vectors, labelling probes, nucleic acid hybridization, and the like are described generally, for example in Sambrook et al. (1989) op. cit., or Ausubel et al., ed. (1987) op. cit., both of which are incorporated herein by reference.

Nucleic acid probes for isolating mammalian genes encoding HA are also included in the claimed invention. Such probes are useful for detecting the presence of HA in physiological samples, such as a nasal wash, and as primers for gene amplification using polymerase chain reaction PCR. The nucleic acid probes willusually be at least about 20 nucleotides in length, more typically they will be more than 500 nucleotides in length. The probes preferably include amino acids 100-200 of the HA1 domain.

Alternatively, those of skill may use polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technology to amplify nucleic acid sequences of the HA gene. PCR or other in vitro amplification methods may also be useful, for example, to clone nucleic acid sequences that code for proteins to be expressed, to make nucleic acids to use as probes for detecting the presence of HA or HA mRNA in physiological samples, for nucleic acid sequencing, or for other purposes. For a general overview of PCR see PCR Protocols: A Guide to Methods and Applications. (Innis, M, Gelfand, D., Sninsky, J. and White, T., eds.), Academic Press, San Diego (1990), incorporated herein by reference.

The HA gene may be expressed in a recombinantly engineered cell such as bacteria, yeast, filamentous fungal, insect (especially employing baculoviral vectors), and mammalian cells. Those of skill in the art are knowledgeable in the numerous expression systems available for expression of the HA gene. See U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,752,473 and 4,659,669 for expression and purification of HA proteins. Both of these patents are incorporated by reference herein.

Briefly, the expression of natural or synthetic nucleic acids encoding viral HA will typically be achieved by operably linking the gene or portion thereof to a promoter (which is either constitutive or inducible), and incorporated into an expression vector. The vectors are suitable for replication and integration in either prokaryotes or eukaryotes. Typical cloning vectors contain transcription and translation terminators, initiation sequences, and promoters useful for regulation of the expression of the HA gene. The vectors may also comprise generic expression cassettes containing at least one independent terminator sequence, sequences permitting replication of the plasmid in both eukaryotes and prokaryotes, i.e., shuttle vectors, and selection markers for both prokaryotic and eukaryotic systems.

Methods for the expression of cloned genes in bacteria are also well known. In general to obtain high level expression of a cloned gene in a prokaryotic system, it is advisable to construct expression vectors containing a strong promoter to direct mRNA transcription termination. The inclusion of selection markers in DNA vectors transformed in E. coli is also useful. Examples of such markers include genes specifying resistance to ampicillin, tetracycline, or chloramphenicol. See Sambrook for details concerning selection markers and promoters for use in E. coli. Suitable eukaryote hosts may include plant cells, insect cells, mammalian cells, yeast, and filamentous fungi.

The protein encoded by the HA gene which is produced by recombinant technology may be purified by standard techniques well known to those of skill in the art. Recombinantly produced HA can be directly expressed or expressed as a fusion protein. The protein is then purified by a combination of cell lysis (e.g., sonication) and affinity chromatography. For fusion products, subsequent digestion of the fusion protein with an appropriate proteolytic enzyme releases the desired HA.

The purified HA when described as "isolated" or and "substantially pure" describes a protein that has been separated from components which naturally accompany it. Typically, a monomeric protein is substantially pure when at least about 85% or more of a sample exhibits a single polypeptide backbone. Minor variants or chemical modifications may typically share the same polypeptide sequence. Depending on the purification procedure, purities of 85%, and preferably over 95% pure are possible. Protein purity or homogeneity may be indicated by a number of means well known in the art, such as polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of a protein sample, followed by visualizing a single polypeptide band on a polyacrylamide gel upon staining. For certain purposes high resolution will be needed and HPLC or a similar means for purification utilized.

The proteins of this invention may be purified to substantial purity by standard techniques well known in the art, including selective precipitation with such substances as ammonium sulfate, column chromatography, immunopurification methods, and others. See, for instance, R. Scopes, Protein Purification: Principles and Practice, Springer-Verlag: New York (1982), incorporated herein by reference.

The present invention also provides methods for detecting the presence or absence and certain types of HA in a physiological specimen. One method involves a Southern transfer and is well known to those of skill in the art. Hybridization is carried out using probes. Visualization of the hybridized portions allows the qualitative determination of the presence or absence of HA genes.

Similarly, a Northern transfer may be used for the detection of HA message in samples of RNA. This procedure is also well known in the art. See, Maniatis, et al., Molecular Cloning: A laboratory manual, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. (1982). In brief, the mRNA is isolated from a given cell sample using an acid guanidinium-phenol-chloroform extraction method. The mRNA is then electrophoresed to separate the mRNA species and the mRNA is transferred from the gel to a nitrocellulose membrane. As with the Southern blots, labeled probes are used to identify the presence or absence of the HA transcript.

An alternative means for determining the level of expression of the HA gene is in situ hybridization. In situ hybridization assays are well known and are generally described in Angerer, etal., Methods Enzymol., 152:649-660 (1987). In an in situ hybridization cells are fixed to a solid support, typically a glass slide. The cells are then contacted with a hybridization solution at a moderate temperature to permit annealing of HA specific probes that are labelled. The probes are preferably labelled with radioisotopes or fluorescent reporters.

In addition to the detection of HA genes using nucleic acid hybridization technology, one can use immunoassays to qualitatively and quantitatively evaluate HA. A general overview of the applicable technology is in Harlow and Lane, Antibodies: A Laboratory Manual, Cold Spring Harbor Pubs., N.Y. (1988). In brief, HA or a fragment thereof is expressed in transfected cells, preferably bacterial cells, and purified as generally described above. The product is then injected into a mammal capable of producing antibodies. Either monoclonal or polyclonal antibodies specific for the gene product can be used in various immunoassays. Such assays include competitive immunoassays, radioimmunoassays, Western blots, ELISA, indirect immunofluorescent assays and the like. For competitive immunoassays, see Harlow and Lane (1988) at pages 567-573 and 584-589.

Monoclonal antibodies may be obtained by various techniques familiar to those skilled in the art. Briefly, spleen cells from an animal immunized with a desired antigen are immortalized, commonly by fusion with a myeloma cell (see, Kohler and Milstein, Eur. J. Immunol. 6:511-519 (1976), incorporated herein by reference). Alternative methods of immortalization include transformation with Epstein Barr Virus, oncogenes, or retroviruses, or other methods well known in the art. Colonies arising from single immortalized cells are screened for production of antibodies of the desired specificity and affinity for the antigen, and yield of the monoclonal antibodies produced by such cells may be enhanced by various techniques, including injection into the peritoneal cavity of a vertebrate host.

Hemagglutination Inhibition (HI) and Complement Fixation (CF) are two laboratory tests most frequently used to detect infection with an influenza virus by testing for the presence of antibodies against the virus or antigens of the virus. HI is based on the observation that viral hemagglutination will not occur if antibody specific for the virus is added before addition of red blood cells. The inhibition is specific and is useful for vital identification and antibody determination.

Hemagglutination is a sensitive semiquantitative technique involving the agglutination by antibodies of red blood cells coated with an antigen which is not endogenous to the red cell surface. See Paul, W., Fundamentals of Immunology, Raven Press, 2d (1989) at 343-344. Untreated red blood cells do not normally agglutinate. Following treatment with tannic acid (0.02 mg/ml for 10 min at 37° C.), however, they clump readily.

Untreated red blood cells are coated with polysaccharide antigens. Antigen purity is important for the absorption step since impurities may compete for protein-binding sites. After tanning and absorption, the red blood cells are stored in 1% serum solution to prevent spontaneous aggregation. If tanning does not work, chromic chloride treatment facilitates adsorption of some protein antigens. Also, covalent attachment of antigens to the cell surface has been achieved through bivalent cross-linking reagents such as bis diazobenzidine or glutaraldehyde, or through carbodiimide intermediates.

Testing for specific antibodies is done by serially diluting the antiserum in the wells of a microtiter plate. 0.1 ml of 1% solution of antigen-coated red cells is added. After mixing, the red cells are allowed to settle for 2 hr. In the presence of specific 2antibodies, agglutinated cells settle evenly on the bottom of the well. Unagglutinated red cells slide down the sides and form a button at the very bottom of the well. The liter of a sample is the highest dilution at which definite agglutination occurs. Agglutinated cells form a fragile network that can even be resuspended after settling, and they give the same end-point on resettling. To assure antigen specificity, the antiserum is absorbed against uncoated red cells before the assay, and an uncoated red cell control is included with each assay. This test is advantageous because it is more sensitive than immunoprecipitation.

Once the titer of an antiserum is determined, its interaction with antigen-coated red blood cells can be used as a sensitive assay for antigen. Antibody is diluted to a concentration twofold higher than the limiting concentration producing agglutination. Varying amounts of free antigen are added to constant amounts of antibody. Agglutination is inhibited when at least half of the antibody sites are occupied by free antigen. Similarly, the agglutination of antigen-coated red cells by antibody can be inhibited by prior incubation of antibody with anti-idiotype antiserum. This provides a sensitive assay for the detection and quantitation of anti-idiotype antibodies that react with the variable region of antibodies and sterically block antigen binding.

The serological methods are useful when one wishes to detect antibody to a specific variant. For example, one may wish to see how well a vaccine recipient has responded to the new variant. Alternatively, one may take serum from a patient to see which variant the patient responds to the best. The CF and ELISA tests, in the present standard configurations, are designed to detect conserved antigens and cannot differentiate between variants. The serological tests most applicable here are HI and microneutralization,

Other diagnostic methods are included. Diagnosis is made by detection of infectious virus or viral antigen in secretions from patients or the detection of a serum antibody response. Diagnosis by PCR or hybridization can be done on virus growing in cell culture or on clinical material. Influenza virus is readily isolated from throat or nasal swab specimens, sputum, or tracheal secretion specimens in the first two or three days of illness. Usually infectivity is detected within 48 to 72 hours in .monkey kidney cell cultures. Viral antigen may be detected more rapidly in such specimens by use of immunofluorescence or ELISA. Serologic methods may require a convalescent sera obtained 10 to 14 days after the onset of infection and they are of great use in epidemiologic studies and to document the occurrence of an outbreak. A four-fold increase in antibody titer comparing an acute to convalescent phase is diagnostic. The complement fixation antibody test is not dependent on strain or subtype variation in contrast to hemagglutination inhibition.

Hybridization can be employed using primers constructed from sequences of the invention. Hybridization techniques can be used to detect vital RNA in cell culture or clinical samples. Based on these sequences, probes which differentiate between the strains under stringent hybridization conditions can be constructed. Additionally, cDNA prepared from vital RNA could be amplified by PCR. Because PCR amplifies DNA, a cDNA is first made set of primers for the HA gene. The sequence data herein allows the PCR products to be characterized by either restriction endonuclease (RE) cleavage or Southern blotting. Specific cleavage by RE whose sites are predicted by the sequence data is feasible. See, for example, FIG. 5AB which shows how RE can be used to differentiate between a prior variant, BTX88 and a new virus B/HK289. Finally, Southern blotting of the PCR products can be accomplished and hybridization described herein.

The invention also provides substances suitable for use as vaccines against the specified strains of influenza type B as well as methods for vaccination. Vaccines can be made recombinantly. Typically, a vaccine will include from about 1 to about 50 micrograms of antigen or antigenic protein. More preferably, the amount of protein is from about 15 to about 45 micrograms. Typically, the vaccine is formulated so that a dose includes about 0.5 milliliters. The vaccine may be administered by any route known in the art. Preferably, the route is parenteral. More preferably, it is subcutaneous or intramuscular.

There are a number of strategies for amplifying an antigen's effectiveness, particularly as related to the art of vaccines. For example, cyclization or circularization of a peptide can increase the peptide's antigenic and immunogenic potency. See U.S. Pat. No. 5,001,049 which is incorporated by reference herein. More conventionally, an antigen can be conjugated to a suitable carrier, usually a protein molecule. This procedure has several facets. It can allow multiple copies of an antigen, such as a peptide, to be conjugated to a single larger carrier molecule. Additionally, the carrier may possess properties which facilitate transport, binding, absorption or transfer of the antigen.

For parenteral administration, such as subcutaneous injection, examples of suitable carriers are the tetanus toxoid, the diphtheriatoxoid, serum albumin and lamprey, or keyhole limpet, hemocyanin because they provide the resultant conjugate with minimum genetic restriction. Conjugates including these universal carriers can function as T cell clone activators in individuals having very different gene sets.

The conjugation between a peptide and a carrier can be accomplished using one of the methods known in the art. Specifically, the conjugation can use bifunctional cross-linkers as binding agents as detailed, for example, by Means and Feeney, "A recent review of protein modification techniques" Bioconjugate Chem. 1:2-12 (1990).

Vaccine delivery systems also include live vaccines based on recombinant poxviruses, adenoviruses or mycobacteria, such as BCG. Also included are live influenza vaccines based on reassortments between the field isolates described herein and a cold-adapted influenza B donor strain. These reassortants contain the HA from the field isolate and the internal genes from the attenuated vaccine donor strain.

The antigen may be combined or mixed with various solutions and other compounds as is known in the art. For example, it may be administered in water, saline or buffered vehicles with or without various adjuvants or immunodiluting agents. Examples of such adjuvants or agents include aluminum hydroxide, aluminum phosphate, aluminum potassium sulfate (alum), beryllium sulfate, silica, kaolin, carbon, water-in-oil emulsions, oil-in-water emulsions, muramyl dipeptide, bacterial endotoxin, lipid X, Corynebacterium parvum (Propionobacterium aches), Bordetella pertussis, polyribonucleotides, sodium alginate, lanolin, lysolecithin, vitamin A, saponin, liposomes, levamisole, DEAE-dextran, blocked copolymers or other synthetic adjuvants. Such adjuvants are available commercially from various sources, for example, Merck Adjuvant 65 (Merck and Company, Inc., Rahway, N.J.) or Freund's Incomplete Adjuvant and Complete Adjuvant (Difco Laboratories, Detroit, Mich.). Other suitable adjuvants are Amphigen (oil-in-water), Alhydrogel (aluminum hydroxide), or a mixture of Amphigen and Alhydrogel. Only aluminum is approved for human use.

The proportion of antigen and adjuvant can be varied over a broad range so long as both are present in effective amounts. For example, aluminum hydroxide can be present in an amount of about 0.5% of the vaccine mixture (Al₂ O₃ basis). On a per-dose basis, the amount of the antigen can range from about 0.1 μg to about 100 μg protein per patient. A preferable range is from about 1 μg to about 50 μg per dose. A more preferred range is about 15 μg to about 45 μg. A suitable dose size is about 0.5 ml. Accordingly, a dose for intramuscular injection, for example, would comprise 0.5 ml containing 45 μg of antigen in admixture with 0.5% aluminum hydroxide. After formulation, the vaccine may be incorporated into a sterile container which is then sealed and stored at a low temperature, for example 4° C., or it may be freeze-dried. Lyophilization permits long-term storage in a stabilized form.

The vaccines may be administered by any conventional method for the administration of vaccines including oral and parenteral (e.g., subcutaneous or intramuscular) injection. Intramuscular administration is preferred. The treatment may consist of a single dose of vaccine or a plurality of doses over a period of time. The antigen of the invention can be combined with appropriate doses of compounds including other influenza antigens, such as influenza type A antigens. Also, the antigen could be a component of a recombinant vaccine which could be adaptable for oral administration.

Vaccines of the invention may be combined with other vaccines for other diseases to produce multivalent vaccines. A pharmaceutically effective amount of the antigen can be employed with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier such as a protein or diluent useful for the vaccination of mammals, particularly humans. Other vaccines may be prepared according to methods well-known to those skilled in the art.

Those of skill will readily recognize that it is only necessary to expose a mammal to appropriate epitopes in order to elicit effective immunoprotection. The epitopes are typically segments of amino acids which are a small portion of the whole protein. Using recombinant genetics, it is simple and routine to alter a natural protein's primary structure to create derivatives embracing epitopes that are identical to or substantially the same as (immunologically equivalent to) the naturally occurring epitopes. Such derivatives may include peptide fragments, amino acid substitutions, amino acid deletions and amino acid additions within the natural amino acid sequence for HA. For example, it is known in the protein art that certain amino acid residues can be substituted with amino acids of similar size and polarity without an undue effect upon the biological activity of the protein. HA has significant tertiary structure and the epitopes are usually conformational. Thus, modifications should generally preserve conformation to produce a protective immune response.

This invention further embraces diagnostic kits for detecting the presence of HA in tissue samples, such as serum, comprising a containers containing anti-HA antibodies and instructional material for performing the test.

The invention describes the genetic and antigenic changes that occurred in the HAs of B/VI/87- and B/YM/88-like viruses during the 1989-90 and 1990-91 seasons. The invention demonstrates that two distinct lineages of influenza B virus have persisted and have caused disease for at least four years.

Within the HA1s of viruses from each of the main lineages, amino acid differences that could account for altered antigenic reactivity were sometimes apparent. The amino acid change that had the greatest effect on antigenicity was the glycine to arginine change at position 141 in B/IN/89. The changes at positions 76, 122, and 150 that were observed in the HAls of the B/HK289-like viruses occurred in regions analogous to antigenic sites E, A, and B, respectively, of the influenza A (H3) HA. Aminoacid changes at positions 76 and 150 were unique to recent B/HK289-like influenza B viruses.

While the majority of amino acid changes from viruses on both lineages occurred in regions analogous to antigenic sites A, B and E of the influenza type A (H3) viruses, the B/YM/88-like viruses had more changes at amino acids 202, 203, 230 and 298 than the B/VI/87-like viruses did. These amino acids may be located in a region of the HA1 of influenza B viruses that is analogous to the trimer interface region (site D) of the influenza A HA. The antigenic presentation of these amino acids on the B/YM/88-like HA1s may be affected by a nearby potential glycosylation site at positions 233-235 that is not present on any of the B/VI/87-like HA1s.

The rate of nucleotide change for HA1 of field strains of influenza B is 0.22 to 0.23% per year for viruses 12 to 18 years apart. Thus, the mutation rate for HA1 of the influenza B viruses is approximately 30% less than those calculated for the HA1 of influenza type A viruses when the time span between the isolation dates of the viruses included in the data set are similar. When B/Lee/40 is used as the root virus, however, the rate that can be calculated (0.11% per year) is approximately 300% less than those of influenza type A but similar to those previously described for influenza B. Because B/Lee/40 has an extensive passage history, it may be advantageous to base calculations of mutation rates on the sequences of viruses that are more representative of past epidemic variants.

The sequence analysis of a limited number of influenza type B HA2 domains indicated that while the rate of nucleotide substitution was similar for both the HA1 and HA2 domains, the rate of amino acid change was much lower for the HA2. This could indicate that there are more rigid structural constraints for this domain or that this domain is less susceptible to selective pressure by antibody.

EXAMPLES Example 1

Viruses. The influenza B viruses used in this study were submitted to the World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Influenza, Influenza Branch, Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Atlanta, GA, for reference antigenic analysis between 1989 and 1991. The strain designation, accession number for the HA1 sequence, collection date, and serological identification by hemagglutination inhibition (HI) of these viruses are given in Table 1. The earlier strains of influenza B used in this study were: B/Beijing/1/87 (B/BJ/87), B/Victoria/2/87 (B/VI/2/87), B/Texas/37/88 (B/TX/88), B/Yamagata/16/88 (B/YM/88). The relationships of the HA1 sequences of these earlier viruses has been described previously. Rota, P.A., Wallis, T.R., Harmon, M.W., Rota, J.S., Kendal, A.P., & Nerome, K., "Cocirculation of two distinct evolutionary lineages of influenza type B virus since 1983," Virology 175:59-68 (1990).

Viruses were propagated at low multiplicity of infection in the allantoic cavity of 10 to 11 day old embryonated chicken eggs at 34° C. for 2 days. All viruses had been passaged in eggs four to six times.

Virion purification and RNA extraction. Allantoic fluid was harvested and clarified by centrifugation (15,000×g, 4° C., 10 min). The virions were pelleted by centrifugation (17,000 rpm, Type 19 rotor, 4° C., 3 hr, Beckman Instruments, Palo Alto, CA). The pellet was resuspended in TSE (0.01 M Tris-HCl, pH 7.8, 0.1 M NaCl, 0.001 M EDTA), homogenized by 4-5 passages through a 22-gauge needle and pelleted by centrifugation at 24,000rpm, SW 28 (rotor at 4° C. for 90 minutes), (Beckman Instruments, Palo Alto, CA) through 30% (wt/vol) sucrose in TSE onto a60% (wt/vol) sucrose in TSE cushion.

The virus band at the 30-60% sucrose interface was collected, diluted in TSE and pelleted by centrifugation (25,000 rpm, SW 28 rotor, at 4° C., for 60 minutes). The virus was resuspended in 0.5 ml of sterile distilled water and stored at -70° C. The RNA was extracted from purified virions using the method described by Palese, P. and Schulman, J.L., "Differences in RNA Patterns of Influenza A Viruses", J. Virol. 17:876-884 (1976). The purified RNA was resuspended in a small volume of sterile distilled water and stored at -70° C. RNA concentrations were determined by ultraviolet spectroscopy.

                  TABLE 1                                                          ______________________________________                                         INFLUENZA B ISOLATES FROM 1989 TO 1991                                                                 ACCES-                                                                         SION.     COLL. ID                                     STRAIN        ABBREV.   NO.       DATE                                         ______________________________________                                         B/Guangdong/55/89                                                                            B/GD/89   M65166     8/89 YM                                     B/Hong Kong/9/89                                                                             B/HK/89   M65169     8/89 YM                                     B/Hong Kong/22/89                                                                            B/HK289   M65167    11/89 YM                                     B/Victoria/103/89                                                                            B/VI103   M65176    11/89 YM                                     B/South Dakota/5/89                                                                          B/SD/89   M65172    12/89 YM                                     B/India/3/89  B/IN/89   M65168     4/89 ?                                      B/Victoria/19/89                                                                             B/VI/89   M65177    11/89 VI                                     B/Paris/329/89                                                                               B/PS/89   M65173    12/89 VI                                     B/Panama/45/90                                                                               B/PN/90   M65171     3/90 YM                                     B/Texas/4/90  B/TX/90   M65175    11/90 YM                                     B/New York/3/90                                                                              B/NY/90   M65170    11/90 YM                                     B/Bangkok/163/91                                                                             B/BK/91   M65165     1/91 YM                                     B/Texas/1/91  B/TX/91   M65174     1/91 YM                                     ______________________________________                                          ID: viruses were identified as being antigenically related to either           B/YM/88 (YM) or B/VI/87 (VI) by hemagglutination inhibition with               postinfection ferret antiserum.                                          

Example 2

Antigenic analysis of viruses. The antigenic characteristics of the viruses were analyzed with postinfection ferret serum using both HI and microneutralization assays. See Palmer, D.F., Dowdle. W.R., Coleman, M.T., & Schild, G.C., "Advanced laboratory techniques for influenza diagnosis," U.S. Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare (Immunology ser. no. 6), Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta (1976); and Harmon, M.W., Rota, P.A., Walls, H.H. & Kendal, A.P., "Antibody response in humans to influenza virus type B host-cell-derived variants after vaccination with standard (egg-derived) vaccine or natural infection," J. Clin. Microbiol. 26:333-337 (1988).

Antigenic analysis of influenza B isolates. Recently isolated influenza B viruses were initially identified as being most closely related to B/YM/88 or B/VI/87 using HI assays and strains that were representative of recently circulating influenza B viruses were chosen for further analysis. See Table 1. Though other viruses antigenically similar to B/IN/89 were not isolated, this virus was,included because it had unique antigenic characteristics. More B/YM/88-like viruses were included as they were representative of the majority of viruses isolated during the period of widespread influenza B activity in 1990-91, while B/VI/87-like viruses accounted for less than 3% of influenza B virus isolates in the United States in 1990-91. Centers for Disease Control, "Update: Influenza--United States and worldwide and composition of the 1991-1992 influenza vaccine, Morbid. Mortal. Wkly. Rpt. 40:231-239 (1991). Nearly 65 percent of the B/YM/88-like viruses isolated during 1990-1991 were further classified as being antigenically more similar to a minor variant, B/HK289, by HI tests. Centers for Disease Control, "Update: Influenza--United States and worldwide and composition of the 1991-1992 influenza vaccine, Morbid. Mortal. Wkly. Rpt. 40:231-239 (1991).

The antigenic properties of the influenza B isolates were also examined by using the microneutralization test. See Table 2. This procedure is more sensitive than HI for the detection of low levels of antibody to influenza B virus (Harmon, M.W., Rota, P.A., Walls, H.H. & Kendal, A.P., "Antibody response in humans to influenza virus type B host-cell-derived variants after vaccination with standard (egg-derived) vaccine or natural infection," J. Clin. Microbiol. 26:333-337 (1988)). Post-infection ferret antiserum to B/BJ/87, a virus which is antigenically and genetically very similar to B/VI/87 (Rota, P.A., Wallis, T.R., Harmon, M.W., Rota, J.S., Kendal, A.P., & Nerome, K., "Cocirculation of two distinct evolutionary lineages of influenza type B virus since 1983," Virology 175:59-68 (1990)), was used in the miconeutralization tests since it had higher homologous titers than serum to B/VI/87. Table 2 shows the same pattern of antigenic differences between the B/YM/88-and B/VI/87-like viruses that was observed in the HI tests.

The results of the microneutralization tests also confirmed that drift variants had arisen among the B/YM/88-like viruses with B/HK289, B/PN/90 and B/BK/91 showing the greatest amount of antigenic change. See Table 2. These viruses had an eight-fold drop in titer against the antiserum to B/YM/88. B/HK289 and B/PN/90 were more related to each other than to B/BK/91. Other viruses including B/HK/89, B/GD/89, B/SD/89, B/TX/90, B/NY/90, and B/TX/91 had very low or no drop in titer against the antiserum to B/YM/88 and had similar reactivity patterns to each other. The B/VI/87-like viruses were antigenically homogeneous from 1987-1989. B/IN/89 had unique antigenic characteristics and showed little cross-reactivity with any the influenza B viruses tested.

                  TABLE 2                                                          ______________________________________                                         ANTIGENIC DRIFT OF INFLUENZA TYPE B VIRUSES:                                   1989-1991                                                                      Neutralization titer with post infection ferret antiserum to:                          B/YM/                                                                  STRAIN  88       B/HK289  B/PN/90                                                                               B/BJ/87                                                                               B/IN/89                                ______________________________________                                         B/YM/88 1280     320      320    40     15                                     B/HK/89 1280     480      1920   80     20                                     B/GD/89 640      240      960    40     10                                     B/TX/91 1920     160      320    80     10                                     B/SD/89 480      160      960    30     10                                     B/TX/90 960      160      640    80     20                                     B/NY/90 480       80      1280   40     10                                     B/BK/91 160      120      320    40     60                                     B/VI103 640       80      160    20     10                                     B/HK289 160      160      960    10     10                                     B/PN/90 160      160      1280   10     10                                     B/VI/87  10       20       20    640    40                                     B/BJ/87  10       10       10    320    40                                     B/TX/88  10       10       10    160    20                                     B/VI/89  10       10       10    160    10                                     B/PS/89  10       15       40    240    20                                     B/IN/89  10       40       40    60     160                                    ______________________________________                                    

Neutralization assays were performed using post-infection ferret serum as described by Harmon et al., 1988.

Example 3

RNA sequencing. The nucleotide sequences of the HA1 gene were determined by direct RNA sequencing using the dideoxy chain-termination method. See Sanger, F., Nicklen, S., & Coulson, A.R., "DNA sequencing with chain terminating inhibitors," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 74:5463-5467 (1977). The method was modified for RNA templates. See Air, G.M., "Nucleotide sequence coding for the `signal peptide` and N terminus of the hemagglutinin from an Asian (H2N2) strain of influenza virus," Virology 97:468-472 (1979). Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase was added to the chase mixture to help eliminate stops. See DeBorde, D.C., Naeve, C.W., Herlocher, M.L., & Maassab, H.F., "Resolution of a common RNA sequencing ambiguity by terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase," Anal. Biochem. 157:275-282 (1986). Purified virion RNA (2 ug) served as template and synthetic oligonucleotides were used to prime cDNA synthesis with AMV reverse transcriptase (Life Sciences Inc., Tampa, Fla.). The sequencing primers used in this study were identical to those described previously. See Rota, P.A., Wallis, T.R., Harmon, M.W., Rota, J.S., Kendal, A.P., & Nerome, K., "Cocirculation of two distinct evolutionary lineages of influenza type B virus since 1983," Virology 175:59-68 (1990).

Computer analyses of nucleotide sequences. Sequence data were analyzed by using version 7.0 of the sequence analysis software package of the University of Wisconsin Genetics Computer Group. See Devereaux, J., Haeberli, P., & Smithies, O., "A comprehensive set of sequence analysis programs for the VAX," Nucleic Acids Res. 12:387-395 (1984). Version 3.4 of the Phylogeny Inference Package was also used. Felsenstein, J., "Phylogenies from molecular sequences: inferences and reliability", Am. Rev. Genet. 22:512-565 (1988). Both programs were run on a VAX computer (Digital Equipment Corp.). Evolutionary trees for the influenza B viruses were also constructed with the aid of a sequence comparison program, Tree, developed by Gerald Ebert (GAE Software, Avondale Estates, GA).

Sequence analysis. To further characterize the influenza type B isolates, the nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequences were determined for the coding regions of the HA1 domains of the HA genes of the B/YM/88-like and B/VI/87-like viruses listed in Table 1. The number of nucleotide and amino acid changes between any two of the viruses is shown in Table 3. Recently co-circulating viruses from separate lineages had as many as 83 (8.7%) nucleotide and 34 (9.1%) amino acid changes between them. The group of B/YM/88-like viruses differed by as many as 10 amino acids in HA1 and were more genetically diverse than the recent B/VI/87-like viruses. Sequence analysis indicated that B/IN/89 was clearly related to the B/VI/87-like viruses.

Table 4A-D shows the complete deduced amino acid sequences for the HA1 coding regions of the recent influenza B isolates compared to the HA1 sequences of either B/VI/87 or B/YM/88. Sequences begin with the first amino acid after signal peptide cleavage and end at the HA1-HA2 cleavage site. Period (.) indicates amino acid deletion. A description of the nucleotide and amino acid differences between the HA1s of B/VI/87 and B/YM/88 has been presented previously. Rota, P.A., Wallis, T.R., Harmon, M.W., Rota, J.S., Kendal, A.P., & Nerome, K., "Cocirculation of two distinct evolutionary lineages of influenza type B virus since 1983," Virology 175:59-68 (1990). The majority of the more recent influenza B viruses from both lineages had amino acid changes at positions 73, 197 and 199. At some amino acid residues, changes appeared to be limited to one lineage. For example, all of the recent B/VI/87-like viruses had an amino acid change (V to I) at residue number 137 while the majority of recent B/YM/88-like viruses had changes at positions 150, 203, 230, and 298. Viruses from both lineages had a majority of the amino acid changes between positions 100-200. This region includes the previously proposed immunodominant region of the HA of influenza B virus. Berton, M.T., & Webster, R.G., "The antigenic structure of the influenza B virus hemagglutinin: Operational and topographical mapping with monoclonal antibodies," Virology 143:583-594 (1985). The B/YM/88-like viruses had 2 or 3 changes in the region of amino acids 200-300 in contrast to the B/VI/87-like viruses which had 0 or 1.

From the alignment of predicted amino acid changes in the HA1 domains of these viruses (Table 4A-D), changes that could have accounted for the differences in antigenic reactivity were identified. Compared to the other B/VI/87-like viruses, B/IN/89 had a single unique amino acid change at position 141. Among the B/YM/88-like viruses showing the greatest antigenic drift, it was observed that B/HK289 and B/PN/90 shared unique amino acid changes at positions 76 and 122, while B/BK/91 had unique changes at positions 149 and 217.

Glycosylation site at amino acids 197-199. Among isolates of influenza B, amino acids 197 and 199, which contain a potential glycosylation site, display a considerable amount of heterogeneity. It has been reported that clinical specimens of influenza B and influenza B virus passaged in mammalian cells retain this glycosylation site while viruses passaged in eggs lose this site.

By sequencing RNA purified from egg-passaged virus, data of the invention indicated that several of these viruses had retained the potential glycosylation site at amino acids 197-199 (Table 4A-D). In order to determine if this site was utilized in these viruses, the HAs of viruses (B/IN/89, B/VI/89, B/NY/90 and B/TX/91, B/HK289 and B/PN/90) which had very similar HA1 sequences, but differed at this predicted glycosylation site, were analyzed by SDS-PAGE and Western blotting. The HAs from only one pair of related viruses, B/IN/89 and B/VI/89, Which differed by 4 amino acids showed differences in apparent molecular weight similar to those previously described for egg- and MDCK cell- derived viruses which differed by one potential glycosylation site. See Robertson, J.S., Naeve, C.W., Webster, R.G., Bootman, J.S., Newman, R., & Schild, G.C., "Alterations in the hemagglutinin associated with adaptation of influenza B virus to growth in eggs," Virology 143:166-174 (1985). This migrational difference was not observed after the HAs were treated with endotoxin F (Endo F). See FIG. 2. Therefore, the additional glycosylation site at aminoacids 197-199 was apparently maintained and utilized in some egg-derived viruses. No changes in potential glycosylation were observed in other regions of HA1 for the viruses in this study.

                                      TABLE 3                                      __________________________________________________________________________     Number of nucleotide (below diagonal) and amino acid (above diagonal)          changes between                                                                recent influenza type B viruses.                                                        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9  10 11 12 13                                                                               14                                                                               15                                                                               16                                                                               17                                __________________________________________________________________________     1. B/SN/79                                                                               0                                                                               15                                                                               15                                                                               19                                                                               18                                                                               17                                                                               18                                                                               17                                                                               16 18 18 16 18                                                                               19                                                                               21                                                                               20                                                                               22                                2. B/YM/88                                                                              36                                                                                0                                                                                5                                                                                7                                                                                4                                                                                8                                                                                6                                                                                9                                                                               6  7  6  7  26                                                                               27                                                                               30                                                                               29                                                                               31                                3. B/SD/89                                                                              37                                                                               14                                                                                0                                                                                8                                                                                6                                                                                5                                                                                5                                                                                5                                                                               2  7  4  3  25                                                                               27                                                                               29                                                                               28                                                                               30                                4. B/VI103                                                                              37                                                                               11                                                                               15                                                                                0                                                                                8                                                                                8                                                                               10                                                                               10                                                                               6  6  6  8  29                                                                               27                                                                               30                                                                               30                                                                               30                                5. B/GD/89                                                                              38                                                                               10                                                                               14                                                                               11                                                                                0                                                                                8                                                                                5                                                                               10                                                                               5  7  5  8  29                                                                               30                                                                               33                                                                               32                                                                               34                                6. B/HK289                                                                              38                                                                               15                                                                               15                                                                               12                                                                               15                                                                                0                                                                                7                                                                               10                                                                               5  2  7  8  28                                                                               30                                                                               32                                                                               31                                                                               33                                7. B/HK/89                                                                              38                                                                               13                                                                               13                                                                               14                                                                               11                                                                               14                                                                                0                                                                               10                                                                               5  9  7  8  28                                                                               30                                                                               33                                                                               32                                                                               34                                8. B/BK/91                                                                              39                                                                               15                                                                                9                                                                               16                                                                               15                                                                               18                                                                               16                                                                                0                                                                               5  10 7  3  28                                                                               27                                                                               29                                                                               29                                                                               30                                9. B/NY/90                                                                              39                                                                               15                                                                                7                                                                               14                                                                               13                                                                               16                                                                               14                                                                               10                                                                               0  5  2  3  27                                                                               27                                                                               29                                                                               28                                                                               30                                10.                                                                               B/PN/90                                                                              39                                                                               13                                                                               17                                                                               10                                                                               13                                                                                4                                                                               16                                                                               18                                                                               16 0  5  8  30                                                                               30                                                                               32                                                                               31                                                                               33                                   B/TX/90                                                                              39                                                                               13                                                                               11                                                                               12                                                                               11                                                                               16                                                                               14                                                                               12                                                                               10 14 0  5  29                                                                               29                                                                               31                                                                               30                                                                               32                                   B/TX/91                                                                              39                                                                               17                                                                               11                                                                               18                                                                               17                                                                               20                                                                               18                                                                                9                                                                               12 20 8  0  27                                                                               26                                                                               27                                                                               28                                                                               29                                   B/VI/87                                                                              40                                                                               65                                                                               63                                                                               64                                                                               65                                                                               66                                                                               66                                                                               68                                                                               68 68 68 68  0                                                                                4                                                                                7                                                                                5                                                                                7                                   B/BJ/87                                                                              47                                                                               71                                                                               73                                                                               68                                                                               71                                                                               74                                                                               74                                                                               74                                                                               74 74 74 73 16                                                                                0                                                                                8                                                                                7                                                                                5                                   B/VI/89                                                                              47                                                                               72                                                                               72                                                                               71                                                                               72                                                                               75                                                                               75                                                                               74                                                                               75 75 75 72 13                                                                               19                                                                                0                                                                                4                                                                                7                                   B/IN/89                                                                              48                                                                               73                                                                               73                                                                               72                                                                               73                                                                               76                                                                               76                                                                               76                                                                               76 76 76 75 13                                                                               15                                                                               10                                                                                0                                                                                5                                   B/PS/89                                                                              55                                                                               80                                                                               80                                                                               77                                                                               80                                                                               83                                                                               83                                                                               83                                                                               83 82 83 82 21                                                                               15                                                                               20                                                                               14                                                                                0                                __________________________________________________________________________

Example 4

Electrophoretic analysis of hemagglutinins. Samples were prepared by adding 1/10th volume of 10× digestion buffer (0.5 M NaAc, 0.1 M EDTA, 1% SDS) to clarified allantoic fluid containing virus followed by heating at 65° C. for 3 minutes. Treated samples received 4 units of Endo F (endoglycosidase F/N-glycosidase F, Boerhringer Mannheim, Indianapolis, IN) before being incubated at 37° C. for 1 hour. Endo F-treated and mock-treated samples were subjected to electrophoresis through 8% SDS-polyacrylamide gels containing 4M urea. After electrophoresis, proteins were transferred to nitrocellulose filters and the HAs were detected by hybridization to monospecific rabbit antiserum against the HA of influenza B as described previously. See Rota, P.A., Shaw, M.W., & Kendal, A.P., "Comparison of the immune response induced to variant influenza type B hemagglutinins expressed in vaccinia virus," Virology 161:269-275 (1987).

Example 5

Evolutionary relationships. The evolutionary relationships based on the amino acid differences between the recent influenza B viruses were determined separately for the B/YM/88- and B/VI/87-like viruses using either B/YM/88 or B/VI/87 as the anchor sequence. See FIG. 2. The antigenically variant B/HK289 and B/PN/90 viruses were placed on a separate lineage from the remainder of the B/YM/88-like viruses. Another sub-lineage included the B/BK/91, B/NY/90, B/SD/89 and B/TX/91 viruses. The amino acid sequences of the B/HK/89, B/GD/89 and B/TX/90 viruses were more related to B/YM/88 but these viruses were antigenically indistinguishable from viruses on the B/NY/90 lineage. B/VI103 was placed on a sub-lineage with B/SH/87, the earliest B/YM/88-like virus identified. See Rota, P.A. et al., Virology 175:59-68 (1990).

The recent B/VI/87-like viruses were similar at the amino acid level including B/IN/89 which was antigenically distinct. The more recent B/VI/87-like viruses were placed on a separate sub-branch from B/TX/88, a variant isolated during the 1988 epidemic in the United States.

The phenogram in FIG. 3 shows the evolutionary relationships of the recent influenza B isolates and several previously characterized strains based on the nucleotide substitution patterns. The separation of the B/VI/87 and B/YM/88 lineages and the presence of multiple sub-lineages within each main lineage are shown. The arrangement of the viruses from 1989-1991 on this tree is similar to the arrangement for these viruses based on the amino acid substitutions shown in FIG. 2. The relationships observed after the sequences of influenza B viruses isolated before 1979 were included in the analysis suggested that the branchpoint between the presently co-circulating lineages occurred between 1973 and 1979.

To complete the sequence analysis of the HAs from viruses on either the B/YM/88 or B/VI/87 lineages the nucleotide and deduced amino sequences of the HA2 domains of B/SU/83, B/AA/86, B/HK289 and B/VI/87 were determined and compared to several other influenza type B viruses. As expected, few amino acid changes were detected over 10 years. See FIG. 4. However, there were as many as 24 nucleotide changes between the HA2 domains of B/VI/87 and B/HK289. The nucleotide changes were used to construct an evolutionary tree which indicated that the HA2 domains of the HA of influenza B had an evolutionary pattern similar to that of the HA1 domain in that the B/YM/88-like virus and the B/VI/87-like viruses were placed on separate lineages. Table 4E which shows evolutionary relationships of the HA2 domains of influenza type B viruses based on the nucleotide changes. Total number of changes are shown in the inset table. Tree was drawn using the TREE program as described herein.

These data permitted a comparison of the rates of evolution for the HA1 and HA2domains of the influenza B virus HA. For the 12 year period from 1979 to 1991, the nucleotide substitution rate for HA1 (0.236±0.04%/year) was similar to the rate for HA2 (0.196±0.06%/year). However, the rate of amino acid change was 0.30%/year for HA1 compared to 0.056%/year for HA2 and while approximately 40% of the nucleotide changes in HA1 coded for amino acid substitutions, only 8.7% of the nucleotide changes in HA2 caused changes in the HA2 protein.

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. Although any methods and materials similar or equivalent to those described herein can be used in the practice or testing of the present invention, the preferred methods and materials are now described. All publications mentioned hereunder are incorporated herein by reference. Unless mentioned otherwise, the techniques employed or contemplated herein are standard methodologies well known to one of ordinary skill in the art. The materials, methods and examples are illustrative only. Thus, the invention is not limited by the preceding description, but rather by the claims that follow.

                  TABLE 4A-D                                                       ______________________________________                                         SEQ. I.D. No.   STRAIN                                                         ______________________________________                                         27, 28          V187                                                           29, 30          BJ87                                                           1, 2            PS89                                                           3, 4            IN89                                                           5, 6            V189                                                           31, 32          YM88                                                           7, 8            GD89                                                           9, 10           HK89                                                           11, 12          HK289                                                          13, 14          VI103                                                          15, 16          SD89                                                           17, 18          PN90                                                           19, 20          NY90                                                           21, 22          TX90                                                           23, 24          BK91                                                           25, 26          TX91                                                           ______________________________________                                    

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    __________________________________________________________________________     SEQUENCE LISTING                                                               (1) GENERAL INFORMATION:                                                       (iii) NUMBER OF SEQUENCES: 31                                                  (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:1:                                               (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 1086 base pairs                                                    (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                                       (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: CDS                                                              (B) LOCATION: 46..1086                                                         (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /label=PS89                                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:1:                                        ATGAAGGCAATAATTGTACTACTCATGGTAGTAACATCCAATGCAGATCGAATC54                       AspArgIle                                                                       1                                                                             TGCACTGGGATAACATCGTCAAACTCCCCCCATGTGGTCCAAACTGCT102                            CysThrGlyIleThrSerSerAsnSerProHisValValGlnThrAla                               5 1015                                                                         ACTCAAGGGGAAGTCAATGTGACTGGTGTGATACCACTGACAACAACA150                            ThrGlnGlyGluValAsnValThrGlyValIleProLeuThrThrThr                               20 253035                                                                      CCCACCAAATCTCATTTTGCAAATCTCAAAGGGACAAAAACTAGAGGG198                            ProThrLysSerHisPheAlaAsnLeuLysGlyThrLysThrArgGly                                404550                                                                        AAACTATGCCCAAAATGTCTCAACTGCACAGATCTGGACGTGGCCTTG246                            LysLeuCysProLysCysLeuAsnCysThrAspLeuAspValAlaLeu                               55 6065                                                                        GCGAGACCAAAGTGCACGGGGACCATACCTTCGGCAAAAGCTTCAATA294                            AlaArgProLysCysThrGlyThrIleProSerAlaLysAlaSerIle                               70 7580                                                                        CTTCACGAAGTCAAACCTGTTACATCTGGGTGCTTTCCTATAATGCAC342                            LeuHisGluValLysProValThrSerGlyCysPheProIleMetHis                               85 9095                                                                        GACAGAACAAAAATTAGACAGCTACCCAATCTTCTCAGAGGATACGAA390                            AspArgThrLysIleArgGlnLeuProAsnLeuLeuArgGlyTyrGlu                               100105 110115                                                                  CATATCAGGTTATCAACCCATAACGTTATCAACGCAGAAACGGCACCA438                            HisIleArgLeuSerThrHisAsnValIleAsnAlaGluThrAlaPro                               120 125130                                                                     GGAGGACCCTACAAAATTGGAACCTCAGGGTCTTGCCCTAACGTTACC486                            GlyGlyProTyrLysIleGlyThrSerGlySerCysProAsnValThr                               135 140145                                                                     AATGGAAACGGATTCTTTGCAACAATGGCTTGGGCTGTCCCAAAAAAC534                            AsnGlyAsnGlyPhePheAlaThrMetAlaTrpAlaValProLysAsn                               150155 160                                                                     GACAACAACAAAACAGCAACAAATCCATTAACAGTAGAAATACCATAC582                            AspAsnAsnLysThrAlaThrAsnProLeuThrValGluIleProTyr                               165170 175                                                                     ATTTGTACAGAAGGAGAAGACCAAATTACTGTTTGGGGGTTCCACTCT630                            IleCysThrGluGlyGluAspGlnIleThrValTrpGlyPheHisSer                               180185190 195                                                                  GATAACGAAGCCCAAATGGTAAAACTCTATGGAGACTCAAAGCCTCAG678                            AspAsnGluAlaGlnMetValLysLeuTyrGlyAspSerLysProGln                               200205 210                                                                     AAGTTCACCTCATCTGCCAACGGAGTGACCACACATTACGTTTCACAG726                            LysPheThrSerSerAlaAsnGlyValThrThrHisTyrValSerGln                               215220 225                                                                     ATTGGTGGCTTCCCAAATCAAGCAGAAGACGGAGGGCTACCACAAAGC774                            IleGlyGlyPheProAsnGlnAlaGluAspGlyGlyLeuProGlnSer                               230235 240                                                                     GGTAGAATTGTTGTTGATTACATGGTGCAAAAATCTGGAAAAACAGGA822                            GlyArgIleValValAspTyrMetValGlnLysSerGlyLysThrGly                               245250255                                                                      ACAA TTACCTACCAAAGAGGTATTTTATTGCCTCAAAAAGTGTGGTGC870                           ThrIleThrTyrGlnArgGlyIleLeuLeuProGlnLysValTrpCys                               260265270275                                                                    GCAAGTGGCAGGAGCAAGGTAATAAAAGGGTCCTTGCCTTTAATTGGC918                           AlaSerGlyArgSerLysValIleLysGlySerLeuProLeuIleGly                               280285290                                                                       GAACGAGATTGCCTCCACGAAAAATACGGTGGATTAAACAAAAGCAAA966                           GluArgAspCysLeuHisGluLysTyrGlyGlyLeuAsnLysSerLys                               295300305                                                                      CC TTACTACACAGGGGAACATGCAAAAGCCATAGGAAATTGCCCAATA1014                          ProTyrTyrThrGlyGluHisAlaLysAlaIleGlyAsnCysProIle                               310315320                                                                      TGGGTGA AAACACCCTTGAAGCTGGCCAATGGAACCAAATATAGACCT1062                          TrpValLysThrProLeuLysLeuAlaAsnGlyThrLysTyrArgPro                               325330335                                                                      CCTGCAAAACTATTA AAGGAAAGG1086                                                  ProAlaLysLeuLeuLysGluArg                                                       340345                                                                         (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:2:                                               (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 347 amino acids                                                    (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein                                                    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:2:                                        AspArgIleCysThrGlyIleThrSerSerAsnSerProHisValVal                               151015                                                                         GlnThrAlaThrGlnGlyGluValAsnValThrGlyVal IleProLeu                              202530                                                                         ThrThrThrProThrLysSerHisPheAlaAsnLeuLysGlyThrLys                               354045                                                                         ThrArgG lyLysLeuCysProLysCysLeuAsnCysThrAspLeuAsp                              505560                                                                         ValAlaLeuAlaArgProLysCysThrGlyThrIleProSerAlaLys                               6570 7580                                                                      AlaSerIleLeuHisGluValLysProValThrSerGlyCysPhePro                               859095                                                                         IleMetHisAspArgThrLysIleArg GlnLeuProAsnLeuLeuArg                              100105110                                                                      GlyTyrGluHisIleArgLeuSerThrHisAsnValIleAsnAlaGlu                               115120 125                                                                     ThrAlaProGlyGlyProTyrLysIleGlyThrSerGlySerCysPro                               130135140                                                                      AsnValThrAsnGlyAsnGlyPhePheAlaThrMetAlaTrpAlaVal                               145 150155160                                                                  ProLysAsnAspAsnAsnLysThrAlaThrAsnProLeuThrValGlu                               165170175                                                                      IleProTyrIleCysT hrGluGlyGluAspGlnIleThrValTrpGly                              180185190                                                                      PheHisSerAspAsnGluAlaGlnMetValLysLeuTyrGlyAspSer                               195200 205                                                                     LysProGlnLysPheThrSerSerAlaAsnGlyValThrThrHisTyr                               210215220                                                                      ValSerGlnIleGlyGlyPheProAsnGlnAlaGluAspGlyGlyLeu                                225230235240                                                                  ProGlnSerGlyArgIleValValAspTyrMetValGlnLysSerGly                               245250255                                                                      LysTh rGlyThrIleThrTyrGlnArgGlyIleLeuLeuProGlnLys                              260265270                                                                      ValTrpCysAlaSerGlyArgSerLysValIleLysGlySerLeuPro                               275 280285                                                                     LeuIleGlyGluArgAspCysLeuHisGluLysTyrGlyGlyLeuAsn                               290295300                                                                      LysSerLysProTyrTyrThrGlyGluHisAlaLysA laIleGlyAsn                              305310315320                                                                   CysProIleTrpValLysThrProLeuLysLeuAlaAsnGlyThrLys                               325330 335                                                                     TyrArgProProAlaLysLeuLeuLysGluArg                                              340345                                                                         (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:3:                                               (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 1086 base pairs                                                    (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                                       (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: CDS                                                              (B) LOCATION: 46..1086                                                         (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /label=IN89                                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:3:                                        ATGAAGGCAATAATTGTACTACTCATGGTAGTAACATCCAATGCAGATCGAATC54                        AspArgIle                                                                     TGCACTGGGATAACATCGTCAAACTCACCCCATGTGGTCAAAACTGCT102                            CysThrGlyIleThrSerSerAsnSerProHisValV alLysThrAla                              51015                                                                          ACTCAAGGGGAAGTCAATGTGACTGGTGTGATACCACTGACAACAACA150                            ThrGlnGlyGluValAsnValThrGlyValIleProLeuThrThr Thr                              20253035                                                                       CCCACCAAATCTCATTTTGCAAATCTCAAAGGAACAAAAACCAGAGGG198                            ProThrLysSerHisPheAlaAsnLeuLysGlyThrLysThr ArgGly                              404550                                                                         AAACTATGCCCAAAGTGTCTCAACTGCACAGATCTGGACGTGGCCTTG246                            LysLeuCysProLysCysLeuAsnCysThrAspLeuAspVa lAlaLeu                              556065                                                                         GCGAGACCAAAGTGCACGGGGACCATACCTTCGGCAAAAGCTTCAATA294                            AlaArgProLysCysThrGlyThrIleProSerAlaLysAlaS erIle                              707580                                                                         CTCCACGAAGTCAAACCTGTTACATTTGGGTGCTTTCCTATAATGCAC342                            LeuHisGluValLysProValThrPheGlyCysPheProIleMetHis                                859095                                                                        GACAGAACAAAAATTAGACAGCTACCCAATCTTCTCAGAGGATACGAA390                            AspArgThrLysIleArgGlnLeuProAsnLeuLeuArgGlyTyrGlu                               100 105110115                                                                  CATATCAGGTTATCAACCCATAACGTTATCAACGCAGAAACGGCACCA438                            HisIleArgLeuSerThrHisAsnValIleAsnAlaGluThrAlaPro                                120125130                                                                     GGAGGACCCTACAAAATTGGAACCTCAAGGTCTTGCCCTAACGTTACC486                            GlyGlyProTyrLysIleGlyThrSerArgSerCysProAsnValThr                                135140145                                                                     AATGGAAACGGATTCTTCGCAACAATGGCTTGGGCTGTCCCAAAAAAC534                            AsnGlyAsnGlyPhePheAlaThrMetAlaTrpAlaValProLysAsn                                150155160                                                                     GACAACAACAAAACAGCAACAAATCCATTAACAGTAGAAGTACCATAC582                            AspAsnAsnLysThrAlaThrAsnProLeuThrValGluValProTyr                               165 170175                                                                     ATTTGTACAGAAGGAGAAGACCAAATTACTGTTTGGGGGTTTCACTCT630                            IleCysThrGluGlyGluAspGlnIleThrValTrpGlyPheHisSer                               180185 190195                                                                  GATAACGAAACCCAAATGGTAAAACTCTATGGAGACTCAAAGCCTCAG678                            AspAsnGluThrGlnMetValLysLeuTyrGlyAspSerLysProGln                               200 205210                                                                     AAGTTCACCTCATCTGCCAACGGAGTGACCACACATTACGTTTCACAG726                            LysPheThrSerSerAlaAsnGlyValThrThrHisTyrValSerGln                               215 220225                                                                     ATTGGTGGCTTCCCAAATCAAGCAGAAGACGGAGGGCTACCACAAAGC774                            IleGlyGlyPheProAsnGlnAlaGluAspGlyGlyLeuProGlnSer                               230 235240                                                                     GGTAGAATTGTTGTTGATTACATGGTGCAAAAATCTGGAAAAACAGGA822                            GlyArgIleValValAspTyrMetValGlnLysSerGlyLysThrGly                               245250 255                                                                     ACAATTACCTACCAAAGAGGTATTTTATTGCCTCAAAAAGTGTGGTGC870                            ThrIleThrTyrGlnArgGlyIleLeuLeuProGlnLysValTrpCys                               260265 270275                                                                  GCAAGTGGCAGGAGCAAGGTAATAAAAGGGTCCTTGCCTTTAATTGGC918                            AlaSerGlyArgSerLysValIleLysGlySerLeuProLeuIleGly                               280 285290                                                                     GAAGCAGATTGCCTCCACGAAAAATACGGTGGATTAAACAAAAGCAAA966                            GluAlaAspCysLeuHisGluLysTyrGlyGlyLeuAsnLysSerLys                               29530 0305                                                                     CCTTACTACACAGGGGAACATGCAAAAGCCATAGGAAATTGCCCAATA1014                           ProTyrTyrThrGlyGluHisAlaLysAlaIleGlyAsnCysProIle                               310315 320                                                                     TGGGTGAAAACACCCTTGAAGCTGGCCAATGGAACCAAATATAGACCT1062                           TrpValLysThrProLeuLysLeuAlaAsnGlyThrLysTyrArgPro                               325330 335                                                                     CCTGCAAAACTATTAAAGGAAAGG1086                                                   ProAlaLysLeuLeuLysGluArg                                                       340345                                                                         (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:4:                                               (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 347 amino acids                                                    (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                            (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein                                                    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:4:                                        AspArgIleCysThrGlyIleThrSerSerAsnSerProHisValVal                               151015                                                                         LysThrAlaThrGlnGlyG luValAsnValThrGlyValIleProLeu                              202530                                                                         ThrThrThrProThrLysSerHisPheAlaAsnLeuLysGlyThrLys                               3540 45                                                                        ThrArgGlyLysLeuCysProLysCysLeuAsnCysThrAspLeuAsp                               505560                                                                         ValAlaLeuAlaArgProLysCysThrGlyThrIleProSerAlaLys                               65 707580                                                                      AlaSerIleLeuHisGluValLysProValThrPheGlyCysPhePro                               859095                                                                         IleMetHi sAspArgThrLysIleArgGlnLeuProAsnLeuLeuArg                              100105110                                                                      GlyTyrGluHisIleArgLeuSerThrHisAsnValIleAsnAlaGlu                               115 120125                                                                     ThrAlaProGlyGlyProTyrLysIleGlyThrSerArgSerCysPro                               130135140                                                                      AsnValThrAsnGlyAsnGlyPhePheAlaThrMetAlaT rpAlaVal                              145150155160                                                                   ProLysAsnAspAsnAsnLysThrAlaThrAsnProLeuThrValGlu                               1651701 75                                                                     ValProTyrIleCysThrGluGlyGluAspGlnIleThrValTrpGly                               180185190                                                                      PheHisSerAspAsnGluThrGlnMetValLysLeuTyrGlyAspSer                                195200205                                                                     LysProGlnLysPheThrSerSerAlaAsnGlyValThrThrHisTyr                               210215220                                                                      ValSerGlnIleGlyGlyPheProAsnGl nAlaGluAspGlyGlyLeu                              225230235240                                                                   ProGlnSerGlyArgIleValValAspTyrMetValGlnLysSerGly                               245250 255                                                                     LysThrGlyThrIleThrTyrGlnArgGlyIleLeuLeuProGlnLys                               260265270                                                                      ValTrpCysAlaSerGlyArgSerLysValIleLysGlySerL euPro                              275280285                                                                      LeuIleGlyGluAlaAspCysLeuHisGluLysTyrGlyGlyLeuAsn                               290295300                                                                      LysSerLysProTyrTyr ThrGlyGluHisAlaLysAlaIleGlyAsn                              305310315320                                                                   CysProIleTrpValLysThrProLeuLysLeuAlaAsnGlyThrLys                               325 330335                                                                     TyrArgProProAlaLysLeuLeuLysGluArg                                              340345                                                                         (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:5:                                               (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 1086 base pairs                                                    (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                        (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                                       (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: CDS                                                              (B) LOCATION: 46..1086                                                         (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /label=VI19                                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:5:                                        ATGAAGGCAATAATTGTACTACTCATGGTAGTAACATCCAATGCAGATCGAATC54                        AspArgIle                                                                     1                                                                              TGCACTGGGATAACATCGTCAAACTCACCCCATGTGGTCAAAACTGCT102                            CysThrGlyIleThrSer SerAsnSerProHisValValLysThrAla                              51015                                                                          ACTCAAGGGGAAGTCAATGTGACTGGTGTGATACCACTGACAACAACA150                            ThrGlnGlyGluValAsnValThrGl yValIleProLeuThrThrThr                              20253035                                                                       CCCACCAAATCTCATTTTGCAAATCTCAAAGGAACAAAAACCAGAGGG198                            ProThrLysSerHisPheAlaA snLeuLysGlyThrLysThrArgGly                              404550                                                                         AAACTATGCCCAAAGTGTCTCAACTGCACAGATCTGGACGTGGCCTTG246                            LysLeuCysProLysCysLeu AsnCysThrAspLeuAspValAlaLeu                              556065                                                                         GCGAGGCCAAAGTGCACGGGGACCATACCTTCGGCAAAAGCTTCAATA294                            AlaArgProLysCysThrGlyThr IleProSerAlaLysAlaSerIle                              707580                                                                         CTCCACGAAGTCAAACCTGTTACATTTGGGTGCTTTCCTATAATGCAC342                            LeuHisGluValLysProValThrPheGl yCysPheProIleMetHis                              859095                                                                         GACAGAACAAAAATTAGACAGCTACCCAATCTTCTCAGAGGATACGAA390                            AspArgThrLysIleArgGlnLeuProAsnLeuLeuA rgGlyTyrGlu                              100105110115                                                                   CATATCAGGTTATCAACCCATAACGTTATCAACGCAGAAAAGGCACCA438                            HisIleArgLeuSerThrHisAsnValIleAsn AlaGluLysAlaPro                              120125130                                                                      GGAGGACCCTACAAAATTGGAACCTCAGGGTCTTGCCCTAACGTTACC486                            GlyGlyProTyrLysIleGlyThrSerGlySer CysProAsnValThr                              135140145                                                                      AATGGAAACGGATTCTTCGCAACAATGGCTTGGGCTGTCCCAAAAAAC534                            AsnGlyAsnGlyPhePheAlaThrMetAlaTrpAl aValProLysAsn                              150155160                                                                      GACAACAACAAAACAGCAACAAATTCATTAACAGTAGAAGTACCATAC582                            AspAsnAsnLysThrAlaThrAsnSerLeuThrValGluV alProTyr                              165170175                                                                      ATTTGTACAGAAGGAGAAGACCAAATTACCGTTTGGGGGTTCCACTCT630                            IleCysThrGluGlyGluAspGlnIleThrValTrpGlyPheHisSer                                180185190195                                                                  GATAACGAAATCCAAATGGTAAAACTCTATGGAGACTCAAAGCCTCAG678                            AspAsnGluIleGlnMetValLysLeuTyrGlyAspSerLysPro Gln                              200205210                                                                      AAGTTCACCTCATCTGCCAATGGAGTAACCACACATTACGTTTCACAG726                            LysPheThrSerSerAlaAsnGlyValThrThrHisTyrValSe rGln                              215220225                                                                      ATTGGTGGCTTCCCAAATCAAGCAGAAGACGGAGGGCTACCACAAAGC774                            IleGlyGlyPheProAsnGlnAlaGluAspGlyGlyLeuProGlnS er                              230235240                                                                      GGTAGAATTGTTGTTGATTACATGGTGCAAAAATCTGGAAAAACAGGA822                            GlyArgIleValValAspTyrMetValGlnLysSerGlyLysThrGly                                245250255                                                                     ACAATTACCTACCAAAGAGGTATTTTATTGCCTCAAAAAGTGTGGTGC870                            ThrIleThrTyrGlnArgGlyIleLeuLeuProGlnLysValTrpCys                               260 265270275                                                                  GCAAGTGGCAGGAGCAAGGTAATAAAAGGGTCCTTGCCTTTAATTGGC918                            AlaSerGlyArgSerLysValIleLysGlySerLeuProLeuIleGly                                280285290                                                                     GAAGCAGATTGCCTCCACGAAAAATACGGTGGATTAAACAAAAGCAAG966                            GluAlaAspCysLeuHisGluLysTyrGlyGlyLeuAsnLysSerLys                                295300305                                                                     CCTTACTACACAGGGGAACATGCAAAAGCCATAGGAAATTGCCCAATA1014                           ProTyrTyrThrGlyGluHisAlaLysAlaIleGlyAsnCysProIle                               310 315320                                                                     TGGGTGAAAACACCCTTGAAGCTGGCCAATGGAACCAAATATAGACCT1062                           TrpValLysThrProLeuLysLeuAlaAsnGlyThrLysTyrArgPro                               325 330335                                                                     CCTGCAAAACTATTAAAGGAAAGG1086                                                   ProAlaLysLeuLeuLysGluArg                                                       340345                                                                         (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:6:                                               (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  ( A) LENGTH: 347 amino acids                                                   (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein                                                    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:6:                                        AspArgIleCysThrGlyIleThrSerSerAsnSerProHisValVal                               151015                                                                          LysThrAlaThrGlnGlyGluValAsnValThrGlyValIleProLeu                              202530                                                                         ThrThrThrProThrLysSerHisPheAlaAsnLeuLysGlyThrLys                               35 4045                                                                        ThrArgGlyLysLeuCysProLysCysLeuAsnCysThrAspLeuAsp                               505560                                                                         ValAlaLeuAlaArgProLysCysThrGlyTh rIleProSerAlaLys                              65707580                                                                       AlaSerIleLeuHisGluValLysProValThrPheGlyCysPhePro                               8590 95                                                                        IleMetHisAspArgThrLysIleArgGlnLeuProAsnLeuLeuArg                               100105110                                                                      GlyTyrGluHisIleArgLeuSerThrHisAsnValIleAsnAlaG lu                              115120125                                                                      LysAlaProGlyGlyProTyrLysIleGlyThrSerGlySerCysPro                               130135140                                                                      AsnValThrAsnGlyAsnGly PhePheAlaThrMetAlaTrpAlaVal                              145150155160                                                                   ProLysAsnAspAsnAsnLysThrAlaThrAsnSerLeuThrValGlu                               165 170175                                                                     ValProTyrIleCysThrGluGlyGluAspGlnIleThrValTrpGly                               180185190                                                                      PheHisSerAspAsnGluIleGlnMetValLysLe uTyrGlyAspSer                              195200205                                                                      LysProGlnLysPheThrSerSerAlaAsnGlyValThrThrHisTyr                               210215220                                                                      ValSerGln IleGlyGlyPheProAsnGlnAlaGluAspGlyGlyLeu                              225230235240                                                                   ProGlnSerGlyArgIleValValAspTyrMetValGlnLysSerGly                                245250255                                                                     LysThrGlyThrIleThrTyrGlnArgGlyIleLeuLeuProGlnLys                               260265270                                                                      ValTrpCysAlaSerGlyArgSer LysValIleLysGlySerLeuPro                              275280285                                                                      LeuIleGlyGluAlaAspCysLeuHisGluLysTyrGlyGlyLeuAsn                               290295300                                                                      LysSerLysProTyrTyrThrGlyGluHisAlaLysAlaIleGlyAsn                               305310315320                                                                   CysProIleTrpValLysThrProLeuLysLeuAlaAsnGlyThrLys                                325330335                                                                     TyrArgProProAlaLysLeuLeuLysGluArg                                              340345                                                                         (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:7:                                               (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 1080 base pairs                                                    (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                                       (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: CDS                                                              (B) LOCATION: 46..1080                                                         (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /label=GD89                                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:7:                                        ATGAAGGCAATAATTGTACTACTCATGGTAGTAACATCCAACGCAGATCGAATC 54                      AspArgIle                                                                      1                                                                              TGCACTGGGATAACATCTTCAAACTCACCTCATGTGGTCAAAACAGCT10 2                           CysThrGlyIleThrSerSerAsnSerProHisValValLysThrAla                               51015                                                                          ACTCAAGGGGAAGTCAATGTGACTGGTGTGATACCACTGACAACAACA150                            ThrGln GlyGluValAsnValThrGlyValIleProLeuThrThrThr                              20253035                                                                       CCAACAAAATCTCATTTTGCAAATCTCAAAGGAACAAAGACCAGAGGG198                            Pro ThrLysSerHisPheAlaAsnLeuLysGlyThrLysThrArgGly                              404550                                                                         AAACTATGCCCAAACTGTCTCAACTGCACAGATCTGGATGTGGCCTTG246                            Ly sLeuCysProAsnCysLeuAsnCysThrAspLeuAspValAlaLeu                              556065                                                                         GCGAGACCAATGTGTATGGGGATCATACCTTCGGCAAAAGCTTCAATA294                            AlaA rgProMetCysMetGlyIleIleProSerAlaLysAlaSerIle                              707580                                                                         CTCCACGAAGTCAGACCTGTTACATCCGGGTGCTTTCCTATAATGCAC342                            LeuHisGlu ValArgProValThrSerGlyCysPheProIleMetHis                              859095                                                                         GACAGAACAAAAATCAGACAGCTACCCAATCTTCTCAGAGGATATGAA390                            AspArgThrLysIleArg GlnLeuProAsnLeuLeuArgGlyTyrGlu                              100105110115                                                                   AATATCAGATTATCAACCCATAATGTTATCAACGCAGAAAGGGCACCA438                            AsnIleArgLeuSe rThrHisAsnValIleAsnAlaGluArgAlaPro                              120125130                                                                      GGAGGACCCTACAGACTTGGAACCTCAGGGTCTTGCCCTAACGTTACC486                            GlyGlyProTyrA rgLeuGlyThrSerGlySerCysProAsnValThr                              135140145                                                                      AGTAGAAGCGGATTCTTCGCAACAATGGCTTGGGCTGTCCCAAGGGAC534                            SerArgSerGlyPhe PheAlaThrMetAlaTrpAlaValProArgAsp                              150155160                                                                      AACAAAACAGCAACGAATCCACTAACAGTAGAAGTACCATACATTTGT582                            AsnLysThrAlaThrAsnPro LeuThrValGluValProTyrIleCys                              165170175                                                                      ACAAAAGGAGAAGACCAAATTACTGTTTGGGGGTTCCATTCTGATAAA630                            ThrLysGlyGluAspGlnIleThrValTr pGlyPheHisSerAspLys                              180185190195                                                                   AAAACCCAAATGAAAAACCTCTATGGAGACTCAAATCCTCAAAAGTTC678                            LysThrGlnMetLysAsnLeuTyrG lyAspSerAsnProGlnLysPhe                              200205210                                                                      ACCTCATCTGCCAATGGAGTAACCACACATTATGTTTCTCAGATTGGT726                            ThrSerSerAlaAsnGlyValThr ThrHisTyrValSerGlnIleGly                              215220225                                                                      GACTTCCCAAATCAAACAGAAGACGGAGGGCTACCACAAAGCGGCAGA774                            AspPheProAsnGlnThrGluAspGly GlyLeuProGlnSerGlyArg                              230235240                                                                      ATTGTTGTTGATTACATGGTGCAAAAACCTGGGAAAACAGGAACAATT822                            IleValValAspTyrMetValGlnLysProGl yLysThrGlyThrIle                              245250255                                                                      GTCTATCAAAGAGGTGTTTTGTTGCCTCAAAAGGTGTGGTGCGCAAGT870                            ValTyrGlnArgGlyValLeuLeuProGlnLysValTrpC ysAlaSer                              260265270275                                                                   GGCAGGAGCAAGGTAATAAAAGGGTCCTTGCCTTTAATTGGTGAAGCA918                            GlyArgSerLysValIleLysGlySerLeuProLeu IleGlyGluAla                              280285290                                                                      GATTGCCTTCACGCAAAATACGGTGGATTAAACAAAAGCAAGCCTTAC966                            AspCysLeuHisAlaLysTyrGlyGlyLeuAsnLys SerLysProTyr                              295300305                                                                      TACACAGGAGAACATGCAAAAGCCATAGGAAATTGCCCAATATGGGTG1014                           TyrThrGlyGluHisAlaLysAlaIleGlyAsnCysPr oIleTrpVal                              310315320                                                                      AAAACACCTTTGAAGCTTGCCAATGGAACCAAATATAGACCTCCTGCA1062                           LysThrProLeuLysLeuAlaAsnGlyThrLysTyrArgProP roAla                              325330335                                                                      AAACTATTAAAGGAAAGG1080                                                         LysLeuLeuLysGluArg                                                             340345                                                                         (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:8:                                                (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 345 amino acids                                                    (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein                                                    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:8:                                        AspArgIleCysThrGlyIleThrSerSerAsnSerProHisValVal                               1510 15                                                                        LysThrAlaThrGlnGlyGluValAsnValThrGlyValIleProLeu                               202530                                                                         ThrThrThrProThrLysSerHisPheAlaAsnLeuLysGlyTh rLys                              354045                                                                         ThrArgGlyLysLeuCysProAsnCysLeuAsnCysThrAspLeuAsp                               505560                                                                         ValAlaLeuAlaArgPro MetCysMetGlyIleIleProSerAlaLys                              65707580                                                                       AlaSerIleLeuHisGluValArgProValThrSerGlyCysPhePro                               85 9095                                                                        IleMetHisAspArgThrLysIleArgGlnLeuProAsnLeuLeuArg                               100105110                                                                      GlyTyrGluAsnIleArgLeuSerThrHisAsn ValIleAsnAlaGlu                              115120125                                                                      ArgAlaProGlyGlyProTyrArgLeuGlyThrSerGlySerCysPro                               130135140                                                                      AsnValT hrSerArgSerGlyPhePheAlaThrMetAlaTrpAlaVal                              145150155160                                                                   ProArgAspAsnLysThrAlaThrAsnProLeuThrValGluValPro                                165170175                                                                     TyrIleCysThrLysGlyGluAspGlnIleThrValTrpGlyPheHis                               180185190                                                                      SerAspLysLysThrGlnMet LysAsnLeuTyrGlyAspSerAsnPro                              195200205                                                                      GlnLysPheThrSerSerAlaAsnGlyValThrThrHisTyrValSer                               210215 220                                                                     GlnIleGlyAspPheProAsnGlnThrGluAspGlyGlyLeuProGln                               225230235240                                                                   SerGlyArgIleValValAspTyrMetValGlnLysProGlyLysThr                               245250255                                                                      GlyThrIleValTyrGlnArgGlyValLeuLeuProGlnLysValTrp                               260265270                                                                      CysAlaSerG lyArgSerLysValIleLysGlySerLeuProLeuIle                              275280285                                                                      GlyGluAlaAspCysLeuHisAlaLysTyrGlyGlyLeuAsnLysSer                               290295 300                                                                     LysProTyrTyrThrGlyGluHisAlaLysAlaIleGlyAsnCysPro                               305310315320                                                                   IleTrpValLysThrProLeuLysLeuAlaAsnGly ThrLysTyrArg                              325330335                                                                      ProProAlaLysLeuLeuLysGluArg                                                    340345                                                                         (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:9:                                               (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 1080 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                                       (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: CDS                                                              (B) LOCATION: 46..1080                                                         (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /label=HK89                                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:9:                                        ATGAAGGCAATAATTGTACTACTCATGGTAGTAACATCCAACGCAGATC GAATC54                      AspArgIle                                                                      1                                                                              TGCACTGGGATAACATCTTCAAACTCACCTCATGTGGTCAAAACAG CT102                           CysThrGlyIleThrSerSerAsnSerProHisValValLysThrAla                               51015                                                                          ACTCAAGGGGAAGTCAATGTGACTGGTGTGATACCACTGACAACAACA150                            ThrGlnGlyGluValAsnValThrGlyValIleProLeuThrThrThr                               20253035                                                                       CCAACAAAATCTCATTTTGCAAATCTCAAAGGAACAAAGACCAGAGGG 198                           ProThrLysSerHisPheAlaAsnLeuLysGlyThrLysThrArgGly                               404550                                                                         AAACTATGCCCAAACTGTCTCAACTGCACAGATCTGGATGTGGCCTTG 246                           LysLeuCysProAsnCysLeuAsnCysThrAspLeuAspValAlaLeu                               556065                                                                         GCGAGACCAATGTGTATGGGGACCATACCTTCGGCAAAAGCTTCAATA 294                           AlaArgProMetCysMetGlyThrIleProSerAlaLysAlaSerIle                               707580                                                                         CTCCACGAAGTCAGACCTGTTACATCCGGGTGCTTTCCTATAATGCAC342                            Le uHisGluValArgProValThrSerGlyCysPheProIleMetHis                              859095                                                                         GACAGAACAAAAATCATACAGCTACCCAATCTTCTCAGAGGATATGAA390                            AspArgThrL ysIleIleGlnLeuProAsnLeuLeuArgGlyTyrGlu                              100105110115                                                                   AATATTAGATTATCAACCCATAACGTTATCAACGCAGAAAGGGCACCA438                            AsnIle ArgLeuSerThrHisAsnValIleAsnAlaGluArgAlaPro                              120125130                                                                      GGAGGACCCTACAGACTTGGAACCTCAGGATCTTGCCCTAACGTTACC486                            GlyGly ProTyrArgLeuGlyThrSerGlySerCysProAsnValThr                              135140145                                                                      AGTAGAAGCGGATTCTTCGCAACAATGGCTTGGGCTGTCCCAAGGGAC534                            SerArgSe rGlyPhePheAlaThrMetAlaTrpAlaValProArgAsp                              150155160                                                                      AACAAAACAGCAACGAATCCACTAACAGTAGAAGTACCATACATTTGT582                            AsnLysThrAlaT hrAsnProLeuThrValGluValProTyrIleCys                              165170175                                                                      ACAAAAGGAGAAGACCAAATTACTGTTTGGGGGTTCCATTCTGATAGC630                            ThrLysGlyGluAspGlnIle ThrValTrpGlyPheHisSerAspSer                              180185190195                                                                   AAAACCCAAATGAAAAACCTCTATGGAGACTCAAATCCTCAAAAGTTC678                            LysThrGlnMetLysAsn LeuTyrGlyAspSerAsnProGlnLysPhe                              200205210                                                                      ACCTCATCTGCCAATGGAGTAACCACACATTATGTTTCTCAGATTGGT726                            ThrSerSerAlaAsnGl yValThrThrHisTyrValSerGlnIleGly                              215220225                                                                      GACTTCCCAAATCAAACAGAAGACGGAGGGCTACCACAAAGCGGCAGA774                            AspPheProAsnGlnThrG luAspGlyGlyLeuProGlnSerGlyArg                              230235240                                                                      ATTGTTGTTGATTACATGGTGCAAAAACCTGGGAAATCAGGAACAATT822                            IleValValAspTyrMetValGln LysProGlyLysSerGlyThrIle                              245250255                                                                      GTCTATCAAAGAGGTGTTTTGTTGCCTCAAAAGGTGTGGTGCGCAAGT870                            ValTyrGlnArgGlyValLeuLeuProGlnLys ValTrpCysAlaSer                              260265270275                                                                   GGCAGGAGCAAGGTAATAAAAGGGTCCTTGCCTTTAATTGGTGAAGCA918                            GlyArgSerLysValIleLysGlySerLe uProLeuIleGlyGluAla                              280285290                                                                      GATTGCCTTCACGAAAAATACGGTGGATTAAACAAAAGCAAGCCTTAC966                            AspCysLeuHisGluLysTyrGlyGlyL euAsnLysSerLysProTyr                              295300305                                                                      TACACAGGAGAACATGCAAAAGCCATAGGGAATTGCCCGATATGGGTG1014                           TyrThrGlyGluHisAlaLysAlaIleGly AsnCysProIleTrpVal                              310315320                                                                      AAAACACCTTTGAAGCTTGCCAATGGAACCAAATATAGACCTCCTGCA1062                           LysThrProLeuLysLeuAlaAsnGlyThrLysTyr ArgProProAla                              325330335                                                                      AAACTATTAAAGGAAAGG1080                                                         LysLeuLeuLysGluArg                                                             340345                                                                         (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:10:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 345 amino acids                                                    (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein                                                    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:10:                                       AspArgIleCysThrGlyIleThrSerSerAsnSerProHisValVal                               15 1015                                                                        LysThrAlaThrGlnGlyGluValAsnValThrGlyValIleProLeu                               202530                                                                         ThrThrThrProThrLysSerHisPheAlaAsnLeu LysGlyThrLys                              354045                                                                         ThrArgGlyLysLeuCysProAsnCysLeuAsnCysThrAspLeuAsp                               505560                                                                         ValAlaLeuAl aArgProMetCysMetGlyThrIleProSerAlaLys                              65707580                                                                       AlaSerIleLeuHisGluValArgProValThrSerGlyCysPhePro                               8 59095                                                                        IleMetHisAspArgThrLysIleIleGlnLeuProAsnLeuLeuArg                               100105110                                                                      GlyTyrGluAsnIleArgLeuSerT hrHisAsnValIleAsnAlaGlu                              115120125                                                                      ArgAlaProGlyGlyProTyrArgLeuGlyThrSerGlySerCysPro                               130135140                                                                       AsnValThrSerArgSerGlyPhePheAlaThrMetAlaTrpAlaVal                              145150155160                                                                   ProArgAspAsnLysThrAlaThrAsnProLeuThrValGluValPro                                165170175                                                                     TyrIleCysThrLysGlyGluAspGlnIleThrValTrpGlyPheHis                               180185190                                                                      SerAspSerLysTh rGlnMetLysAsnLeuTyrGlyAspSerAsnPro                              195200205                                                                      GlnLysPheThrSerSerAlaAsnGlyValThrThrHisTyrValSer                               210215 220                                                                     GlnIleGlyAspPheProAsnGlnThrGluAspGlyGlyLeuProGln                               225230235240                                                                   SerGlyArgIleValValAspTyrMetValGlnLysProG lyLysSer                              245250255                                                                      GlyThrIleValTyrGlnArgGlyValLeuLeuProGlnLysValTrp                               260265270                                                                      Cys AlaSerGlyArgSerLysValIleLysGlySerLeuProLeuIle                              275280285                                                                      GlyGluAlaAspCysLeuHisGluLysTyrGlyGlyLeuAsnLysSer                               290 295300                                                                     LysProTyrTyrThrGlyGluHisAlaLysAlaIleGlyAsnCysPro                               305310315320                                                                   IleTrpValLysThrProLeuLysLeuAl aAsnGlyThrLysTyrArg                              325330335                                                                      ProProAlaLysLeuLeuLysGluArg                                                    340345                                                                         (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:11:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A ) LENGTH: 1080 base pairs                                                   (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                                       (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: CDS                                                              (B) LOCATION: 46..1080                                                         (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /label=HK289                                            (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:11:                                       ATGAAGGCAATAATTGTACTACTCATGGTAGTAACATCCAA CGCAGATCGAATC54                      AspArgIle                                                                      1                                                                              TGCACTGGGATAACATCTTCAAACTCACCTCATGTGGTC AAAACAGCT102                           CysThrGlyIleThrSerSerAsnSerProHisValValLysThrAla                               51015                                                                          ACTCAAGGGGAAGTCAATGTGACTGGTGTGATACCACTGACAACAAC A150                           ThrGlnGlyGluValAsnValThrGlyValIleProLeuThrThrThr                               20253035                                                                       CCAACAAAATCTCATTTTGCAAATCTAAAAGGAACAAAGACCA GAGGG198                           ProThrLysSerHisPheAlaAsnLeuLysGlyThrLysThrArgGly                               404550                                                                         AAACTATGCCCAAACTGTCTCAACTGCACAGATCTGGATGTG GCCTTG246                           LysLeuCysProAsnCysLeuAsnCysThrAspLeuAspValAlaLeu                               556065                                                                         GCGAGACCAATGTGTGTGGGGACCACACCTTCGGCAAAAGCTTCA ATA294                           AlaArgProMetCysValGlyThrThrProSerAlaLysAlaSerIle                               707580                                                                         CTCCACGAAGTCAGACCTGTTACATCCGGGTGCTTTCCTATAATGCAC 342                           LeuHisGluValArgProValThrSerGlyCysPheProIleMetHis                               859095                                                                         GACAGAACAAAAATCAGACAGCTACCCAATCTTCTCAGAGGATATGAA390                            Asp ArgThrLysIleArgGlnLeuProAsnLeuLeuArgGlyTyrGlu                              100105110115                                                                   AATATCAGATTATCAACCCAAAACGTTATCAATGCAGAAAGAGCACCA438                            AsnIleArgLeuSerThrGlnAsnValIleAsnAlaGluArgAlaPro                               120125130                                                                      GGAGGACCCTACAGACTTGGAACCTCAGGATCTTGCCCTAACGTTACC48 6                           GlyGlyProTyrArgLeuGlyThrSerGlySerCysProAsnValThr                               135140145                                                                      AGTAGAGACGGATTCTTCGCAACAATGGCTTGGGCTGTCCCAAGGGAC534                             SerArgAspGlyPhePheAlaThrMetAlaTrpAlaValProArgAsp                              150155160                                                                      AACAAAACAGCAACGAATCCACTAACAGTAGAAGTACCATACATTTGT582                            AsnLys ThrAlaThrAsnProLeuThrValGluValProTyrIleCys                              165170175                                                                      ACAAAAGGAGAAGACCAAATTACTGTTTGGGGGTTCCATTCTGATAGC630                            ThrLysGlyGluAs pGlnIleThrValTrpGlyPheHisSerAspSer                              180185190195                                                                   AAAACCCAAATGAAAAACCTCTATGGAGACTCAAATCCTCAAAAGTTC678                            LysThrGlnM etLysAsnLeuTyrGlyAspSerAsnProGlnLysPhe                              200205210                                                                      ACCTCATCTGCCAATGGAGTAACCACACATTATGTTTCTCAGATTGGT726                            ThrSerSer AlaAsnGlyValThrThrHisTyrValSerGlnIleGly                              215220225                                                                      GGCTTCCCAAATCAAACAGAAGACGGAGGGCTACCACAAAGCGGCAGA774                            GlyPheProAsn GlnThrGluAspGlyGlyLeuProGlnSerGlyArg                              230235240                                                                      ATTGTTGTTGATTACATGGTGCAAAAACCTGGGAAAACAGGAACAATT822                            IleValValAspTyrMe tValGlnLysProGlyLysThrGlyThrIle                              245250255                                                                      GTCTATCAAAGAGGTGTTTTGTTGCCTCAAAAGGTGTGGTGCGCAAGT870                            ValTyrGlnArgGlyValLeuLeuP roGlnLysValTrpCysAlaSer                              260265270275                                                                   GGCAGGAGCAAGGTAATAAAAGGGTCCTTGCCTTTAATTGGTGAAGCA918                            GlyArgSerLysValIleLys GlySerLeuProLeuIleGlyGluAla                              280285290                                                                      GATTGCCTTCACGAAAAATACGGTGGATTAAACAAAAGCAAGCCTTAC966                            AspCysLeuHisGluLysTyr GlyGlyLeuAsnLysSerLysProTyr                              295300305                                                                      TACACAGGAGAACATGCAAAAGCCATAGGAAATTGCCCAATATGGGTG1014                           TyrThrGlyGluHisAlaLysAl aIleGlyAsnCysProIleTrpVal                              310315320                                                                      AAAACACCTTTGAAGCTTGCCAATGGAACCAAATATAGACCTCCTGCA1062                           LysThrProLeuLysLeuAlaAsnGlyT hrLysTyrArgProProAla                              325330335                                                                      AAACTATTAAAGGAAAGG1080                                                         LysLeuLeuLysGluArg                                                             340345                                                                         (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:12:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 345 amino acids                                                    (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein                                                    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:12:                                       AspArgIleCysThrGlyIleThrSerSerAsnSerProHisValVal                               15 1015                                                                        LysThrAlaThrGlnGlyGluValAsnValThrGlyValIleProLeu                               202530                                                                         ThrThrThrProThrLysSerHisPheAl aAsnLeuLysGlyThrLys                              354045                                                                         ThrArgGlyLysLeuCysProAsnCysLeuAsnCysThrAspLeuAsp                               505560                                                                         Val AlaLeuAlaArgProMetCysValGlyThrThrProSerAlaLys                              65707580                                                                       AlaSerIleLeuHisGluValArgProValThrSerGlyCysPhePro                                859095                                                                        IleMetHisAspArgThrLysIleArgGlnLeuProAsnLeuLeuArg                               100105110                                                                      GlyTyrGluAsnIleArg LeuSerThrGlnAsnValIleAsnAlaGlu                              115120125                                                                      ArgAlaProGlyGlyProTyrArgLeuGlyThrSerGlySerCysPro                               130135 140                                                                     AsnValThrSerArgAspGlyPhePheAlaThrMetAlaTrpAlaVal                               145150155160                                                                   ProArgAspAsnLysThrAlaThrAsnProLeuThrValGluVa lPro                              165170175                                                                      TyrIleCysThrLysGlyGluAspGlnIleThrValTrpGlyPheHis                               180185190                                                                      SerAsp SerLysThrGlnMetLysAsnLeuTyrGlyAspSerAsnPro                              195200205                                                                      GlnLysPheThrSerSerAlaAsnGlyValThrThrHisTyrValSer                               210 215220                                                                     GlnIleGlyGlyPheProAsnGlnThrGluAspGlyGlyLeuProGln                               225230235240                                                                   SerGlyArgIleValValAspTyrMetValGln LysProGlyLysThr                              245250255                                                                      GlyThrIleValTyrGlnArgGlyValLeuLeuProGlnLysValTrp                               260265 270                                                                     CysAlaSerGlyArgSerLysValIleLysGlySerLeuProLeuIle                               275280285                                                                      GlyGluAlaAspCysLeuHisGluLysTyrGlyGlyLeuAsnLysSer                               290 295300                                                                     LysProTyrTyrThrGlyGluHisAlaLysAlaIleGlyAsnCysPro                               305310315320                                                                   IleTrpValLysThrProLeu LysLeuAlaAsnGlyThrLysTyrArg                              325330335                                                                      ProProAlaLysLeuLeuLysGluArg                                                    340345                                                                         (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:13:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                   (A) LENGTH: 1080 base pairs                                                   (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                                       (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: CDS                                                              (B) LOCATION: 46..1080                                                         (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /label=VI103                                            (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:13:                                       ATGAAGGCAATAATTGTACTACTCATGGTAGT AACATCCAACGCAGATCGAATC54                      AspArgIle                                                                      1                                                                              TGCACTGGGATAACATCTTCAAACTCACCTC ATGTGGTCAAAACAGCT102                           CysThrGlyIleThrSerSerAsnSerProHisValValLysThrAla                               51015                                                                          ACTCAAGGGGAAGTCAATGTGACTGGTGTGATACCACTG ACAACAACA150                           ThrGlnGlyGluValAsnValThrGlyValIleProLeuThrThrThr                               20253035                                                                       CCAACAAAATCTCATTTTGCAAATCTCAAAGGAACA AAGACCAGAGGG198                           ProThrLysSerHisPheAlaAsnLeuLysGlyThrLysThrArgGly                               404550                                                                         AAACTATGCCCAAACTGTCTCAACTGCACAGATCT GGATGTGGCCTTG246                           LysLeuCysProAsnCysLeuAsnCysThrAspLeuAspValAlaLeu                               556065                                                                         GCGAGACCAATGTGTGTGGGGACCACACCTTCGGCAA AAGCTTCAATA294                           AlaArgProMetCysValGlyThrIleProSerAlaLysAlaSerIle                               707580                                                                         CTCCACGAAGTCAGACCTGTTACATCCGGGTGCTTTCCTATA ATGCAC342                           LeuHisGluValArgProValThrSerGlyCysPheProIleMetHis                               859095                                                                         GACAGAACAAAAATCAGACAGCTACCCAATCTTCTCAGAGGATATGAA 390                           AspArgThrLysIleArgGlnLeuProAsnLeuLeuArgGlyTyrGlu                               100105110115                                                                   AATATCAGATTATCAACCCATAACGTTATCAACGCAGAAGGGGCACC A438                           AsnIleArgLeuSerThrGlnAsnValIleAsnAlaGluGlyAlaPro                               120125130                                                                      GGAGGACCCTACAGACTTGGAACCTCAGGATCTTGCCCTAACGTTA CC486                           GlyGlyProTyrArgLeuGlyThrSerGlySerCysProAsnValThr                               135140145                                                                      AGTAGAAACGGATTCTTCGCAACAATGGCTTGGGCTGTCCCAAGGGAC 534                           SerArgAsnGlyPhePheAlaThrMetAlaTrpAlaValProArgAsp                               150155160                                                                      AACAAAACAGCAACGAATCCACTAACAGTAGAAGTACCATACATTTGT58 2                           AsnLysThrAlaThrAsnProLeuThrValGluValProTyrIleCys                               165170175                                                                      GCAAAAGGAGAAGACCAAATTACTGTTTGGGGGTTCCACTCTGATAAC630                            AlaLys GlyGluAspGlnIleThrValTrpGlyPheHisSerAspAsn                              180185190195                                                                   AAAGCCCAAATGAAAAACCTCTATGGAGACTCAAATCCTCAAAAGTTC678                            Lys AlaGlnMetLysAsnLeuTyrGlyAspSerAsnProGlnLysPhe                              200205210                                                                      ACCTCATCTGCCAATGGAGTAACCACACATTATGTTTCTCAGATTGGT726                            Th rSerSerAlaAsnGlyValThrThrHisTyrValSerGlnIleGly                              215220225                                                                      GGCTTCCCAAATCAAACAGAAGACGGAGGGCTACCACAAAGCGGCAGA774                            GlyP heProAsnGlnThrGluAspGlyGlyLeuProGlnSerGlyArg                              230235240                                                                      ATTGTTGTTGATTACATGGTGCAAAAACCTGGGAAAACAGGAACAATT822                            IleValVal AspTyrMetValGlnLysProGlyLysThrGlyThrIle                              245250255                                                                      GTCTATCAAAGAGGTGTTTTGTTGCCTCAAAAGGTGTGGTGCGCAAGT870                            ValTyrGlnArgGlyVal LeuLeuProGlnLysValTrpCysAlaSer                              260265270275                                                                   GGCAGGAGCAAGGTAATAAAAGGGTCCTTGCCTTTAATTGGTGAAGCA918                            GlyArgSerLysVa lIleLysGlySerLeuProLeuIleGlyGluAla                              280285290                                                                      GATTGCCTTCACGCAAAATACGGTGGATTAAACAAAAGCAAGCCTTAC966                            AspCysLeuHisA laLysTyrGlyGlyLeuAsnLysSerLysProTyr                              295300305                                                                      TACACAGGAGAACATGCAAAAGCCATAGGAAATTGCCCAATATGGGTG1014                           TyrThrGlyGluHis AlaLysAlaIleGlyAsnCysProIleTrpVal                              310315320                                                                      AAAACACCTTTGAAGCTTGCCAATGGAACCAAATATAGACCTCCTGCA1062                           LysThrProLeuLysLeuAla AsnGlyThrLysTyrArgProProAla                              325330335                                                                      AAACTATTAAAGGAAAGG1080                                                         LysLeuLeuLysGluArg                                                             340 345                                                                        (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:14:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 345 amino acids                                                    (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein                                                    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:14:                                       AspArgIleCysThrGlyIleThrSerSerAsnSerProHisValVal                               1 51015                                                                        LysThrAlaThrGlnGlyGluValAsnValThrGlyValIleProLeu                               202530                                                                         ThrThrThrProThrLysSer HisPheAlaAsnLeuLysGlyThrLys                              354045                                                                         ThrArgGlyLysLeuCysProAsnCysLeuAsnCysThrAspLeuAsp                               5055 60                                                                        ValAlaLeuAlaArgProMetCysValGlyThrIleProSerAlaLys                               65707580                                                                       AlaSerIleLeuHisGluValArgProValThrSerGlyCysPhePro                               859095                                                                         IleMetHisAspArgThrLysIleArgGlnLeuProAsnLeuLeuArg                               100105110                                                                      GlyTyrGluA snIleArgLeuSerThrGlnAsnValIleAsnAlaGlu                              115120125                                                                      GlyAlaProGlyGlyProTyrArgLeuGlyThrSerGlySerCysPro                               130135 140                                                                     AsnValThrSerArgAsnGlyPhePheAlaThrMetAlaTrpAlaVal                               145150155160                                                                   ProArgAspAsnLysThrAlaThrAsnProLeuThr ValGluValPro                              165170175                                                                      TyrIleCysAlaLysGlyGluAspGlnIleThrValTrpGlyPheHis                               180185190                                                                      SerAspAsnLysAlaGlnMetLysAsnLeuTyrGlyAspSerAsnPro                               195200205                                                                      GlnLysPheThrSerSerAlaAsnGlyValThrThrHisTyrValSer                               210 215220                                                                     GlnIleGlyGlyPheProAsnGlnThrGluAspGlyGlyLeuProGln                               225230235240                                                                   SerGlyArgIleValValAspTyrM etValGlnLysProGlyLysThr                              245250255                                                                      GlyThrIleValTyrGlnArgGlyValLeuLeuProGlnLysValTrp                               260265 270                                                                     CysAlaSerGlyArgSerLysValIleLysGlySerLeuProLeuIle                               275280285                                                                      GlyGluAlaAspCysLeuHisAlaLysTyrGlyGlyLeuAsnLysSer                                290295300                                                                     LysProTyrTyrThrGlyGluHisAlaLysAlaIleGlyAsnCysPro                               305310315320                                                                   IleTrpValLysTh rProLeuLysLeuAlaAsnGlyThrLysTyrArg                              325330335                                                                      ProProAlaLysLeuLeuLysGluArg                                                    340345                                                                         (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:15:                                               (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 1080 base pairs                                                    (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                                       (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: CDS                                                              (B) LOCATION: 46..1080                                                         (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /label=SD89                                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:15:                                       ATGAAGGCAATAATTGTACTACT CATGGTAGTAACATCCAACGCAGATCGAATC54                      AspArgIle                                                                      1                                                                              TGCACTGGGATAACATCTTCAAAC TCACCTCATGTGGTCAAAACAGCT102                           CysThrGlyIleThrSerSerAsnSerProHisValValLysThrAla                               51015                                                                          ACTCAAGGGGAAGTCAATGTGACTGGTGTGAT ACCACTGACAACAACA150                           ThrGlnGlyGluValAsnValThrGlyValIleProLeuThrThrThr                               20253035                                                                       CCAACAAAATCTCATTTTGCAAATCTCA AAGGAACAAAGACCAGAGGG198                           ProThrLysSerHisPheAlaAsnLeuLysGlyThrLysThrArgGly                               404550                                                                         AAACTATGCCCAAACTGTCTCAACTGC ACAGATCTGGATGTGGCCTTG246                           LysLeuCysProAsnCysLeuAsnCysThrAspLeuAspValAlaLeu                               556065                                                                         GCGAGACCAATGTGTATAGGGACCATACCT TCGGCAAAAGCTTCAATA294                           AlaArgProMetCysIleGlyThrIleProSerAlaLysAlaSerIle                               707580                                                                         CTCCACGAAGTCAGACCTGTTACATCCGGGTGCTT TCCTATAATGCAC342                           LeuHisGluValArgProValThrSerGlyCysPheProIleMetHis                               859095                                                                         GACAGAACAAAAATTAGACAGCTACCCAATCTTCTCAGAGGAT ATGAA390                           AspArgThrLysIleArgGlnLeuProAsnLeuLeuArgGlyTyrGlu                               100105110115                                                                   AATATCAGATTATCAACCCATAACGTTATCAATGCAGAA AGGGCACCA438                           AsnIleArgLeuSerThrHisAsnValIleAsnAlaGluArgAlaPro                               120125130                                                                      GGAGGACCCTACAGACTTGGAACCTCAGGATCTTGCCCT AATGTTACC486                           GlyGlyProTyrArgLeuGlyThrSerGlySerCysProAsnValThr                               135140145                                                                      AGTAGAAGCGGATTCTTCGCAACAATGGCTTGGGCTGTCCC AAGGGAC534                           SerArgSerGlyPhePheAlaThrMetAlaTrpAlaValProArgAsp                               150155160                                                                      AACAAAACAGCAACGAACCCACTAACAGTAGAAGTACCATACATTT GT582                           AsnLysThrAlaThrAsnProLeuThrValGluValProTyrIleCys                               165170175                                                                      ACAAAAGGAGAAGACCAAACTACTGTTTGGGGGTTCCATTCTGATAGC630                            ThrLysGlyGluAspGlnThrThrValTrpGlyPheHisSerAspSer                               180185190195                                                                   AAAACCCAAATGAAAAAACTCTATGGAGACTCAAATCCTCAAAAGTTC 678                           LysThrGlnMetLysLysLeuTyrGlyAspSerAsnProGlnLysPhe                               200205210                                                                      ACCTCATCTGCCAATGGAGTAACCACACATTATGTTTCTCAGATTGGT 726                           ThrSerSerAlaAsnGlyValThrThrHisTyrValSerGlnIleGly                               215220225                                                                      GGCTTCCCAAATCAAACAGAAGACGGAGGGCTACCACAAAGCGGCAGA 774                           GlyPheProAsnGlnThrGluAspGlyGlyLeuProGlnSerGlyArg                               230235240                                                                      ATTGTTGTTGATTACATGGTGCAAAAACCTGGGAAAACAGGAACAATT822                            Il eValValAspTyrMetValGlnLysProGlyLysThrGlyThrIle                              245250255                                                                      GTCTATCAAAGAGGTGTTTTGTTGCCTCAAAAGGTGTGGTGTGCAAGT870                            ValTyrGlnA rgGlyValLeuLeuProGlnLysValTrpCysAlaSer                              260265270275                                                                   GGCAGGAGCAAGGTAATAAAAGGGTCCTTGCCTTTAATTGGTGAAGCA918                            GlyArg SerLysValIleLysGlySerLeuProLeuIleGlyGluAla                              280285290                                                                      GATTGCCTTCACGAAAAATACGGTGGATTAAACAAAAGCAAGCCTTAC966                            AspCys LeuHisGluLysTyrGlyGlyLeuAsnLysSerLysProTyr                              295300305                                                                      TACACAGGAGAACATGCAAAAGCCATAGGAAATTGCCCAATATGGGTG1014                           TyrThrGl yGluHisAlaLysAlaIleGlyAsnCysProIleTrpVal                              310315320                                                                      AAAACACCTTTGAAGCTTGCCAATGGAACCAAATATAGACCTCCCGCA1062                           LysThrProLeuL ysLeuAlaAsnGlyThrLysTyrArgProProAla                              325330335                                                                      AAACTATTAAAGGAAAGG1080                                                         LysLeuLeuLysGluArg                                                             340 345                                                                        (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:16:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 345 amino acids                                                    (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein                                                    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:16:                                       AspArgIleCysThrGlyIleThrSerSerAsnSerProHisValVal                               1 51015                                                                        LysThrAlaThrGlnGlyGluValAsnValThrGlyValIleProLeu                               202530                                                                         ThrThrThrProTh rLysSerHisPheAlaAsnLeuLysGlyThrLys                              354045                                                                         ThrArgGlyLysLeuCysProAsnCysLeuAsnCysThrAspLeuAsp                               5055 60                                                                        ValAlaLeuAlaArgProMetCysIleGlyThrIleProSerAlaLys                               65707580                                                                       AlaSerIleLeuHisGluValArgProValThrSerGlyC ysPhePro                              859095                                                                         IleMetHisAspArgThrLysIleArgGlnLeuProAsnLeuLeuArg                               100105110                                                                      Gly TyrGluAsnIleArgLeuSerThrHisAsnValIleAsnAlaGlu                              115120125                                                                      ArgAlaProGlyGlyProTyrArgLeuGlyThrSerGlySerCysPro                               130 135140                                                                     AsnValThrSerArgSerGlyPhePheAlaThrMetAlaTrpAlaVal                               145150155160                                                                   ProArgAspAsnLysThrAlaThrAsnPr oLeuThrValGluValPro                              165170175                                                                      TyrIleCysThrLysGlyGluAspGlnThrThrValTrpGlyPheHis                               180185 190                                                                     SerAspSerLysThrGlnMetLysLysLeuTyrGlyAspSerAsnPro                               195200205                                                                      GlnLysPheThrSerSerAlaAsnGlyValThrThrHisTyrValSer                                210215220                                                                     GlnIleGlyGlyPheProAsnGlnThrGluAspGlyGlyLeuProGln                               225230235240                                                                   SerGlyArgIleValVal AspTyrMetValGlnLysProGlyLysThr                              245250255                                                                      GlyThrIleValTyrGlnArgGlyValLeuLeuProGlnLysValTrp                               260 265270                                                                     CysAlaSerGlyArgSerLysValIleLysGlySerLeuProLeuIle                               275280285                                                                      GlyGluAlaAspCysLeuHisGluLysTyrGlyGlyLeuAs nLysSer                              290295300                                                                      LysProTyrTyrThrGlyGluHisAlaLysAlaIleGlyAsnCysPro                               305310315320                                                                   IleTrp ValLysThrProLeuLysLeuAlaAsnGlyThrLysTyrArg                              325330335                                                                      ProProAlaLysLeuLeuLysGluArg                                                    340345                                                                         (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:17:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 1080 base pairs                                                    (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                                       (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: CDS                                                              (B) LOCATION: 46..1080                                                         (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /label=PN90                                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:17:                                       ATGAAGGCAATAAT TGTACTACTCATGGTAGTAACATCCAACGCAGATCGAATC54                      AspArgIle                                                                      1                                                                              TGCACTGGGATAACAT CTTCAAACTCACCTCATGTGGTCAAAACAGCT102                           CysThrGlyIleThrSerSerAsnSerProHisValValLysThrAla                               51015                                                                          ACTCAAGGGGAAGTCAATGTGACT GGTGTGATACCACTGACAACAACA150                           ThrGlnGlyGluValAsnValThrGlyValIleProLeuThrThrThr                               20253035                                                                       CCAACAAAATCTCATTTTGCA AATCTAAAAGGAACAAAGACCAGAGGG198                           ProThrLysSerHisPheAlaAsnLeuLysGlyThrLysThrArgGly                               404550                                                                         AAACTATGCCCAAACTGTCT CAACTGCACAGATCTGGATGTGGCCTTG246                           LysLeuCysProAsnCysLeuAsnCysThrAspLeuAspValAlaLeu                               556065                                                                         GCGAGACCAATGTGTGTGGGGA CCACACCTTCGGCAAAAGCTTCAATA294                           AlaArgProMetCysValGlyThrThrProSerAlaLysAlaSerIle                               707580                                                                         CTCCACGAAGTCAGACCTGTTACATCC GGGTGCTTTCCTATAATGCAC342                           LeuHisGluValArgProValThrSerGlyCysPheProIleMetHis                               859095                                                                         GACAGAACAAAAATCAGACAGCTACCCAATCTTCTC AGAGGATATGAA390                           AspArgThrLysIleArgGlnLeuProAsnLeuLeuArgGlyTyrGlu                               100105110115                                                                   AATATCAGATTATCAACCCAAAACGTTATCAA TGCAGAAAGAGCACCA438                           AsnIleArgLeuSerThrGlnAsnValIleAsnAlaGluArgAlaPro                               120125130                                                                      GGAGGACCCTACAGACTTGGAACCTCAGGAT CTTGCCCTAACGTTACC486                           GlyGlyProTyrArgLeuGlyThrSerGlySerCysProAsnValThr                               135140145                                                                      AGTAGAGACGGATTCTTCGCAACAATGGCTTGG GCTGTCCCAAGGGAC534                           SerArgAspGlyPhePheAlaThrMetAlaTrpAlaValProArgAsp                               150155160                                                                      AACAAAACAGCAACGAATCCACTAACAGTAGAAGTACCA TACATTTGT582                           AsnLysThrAlaThrAsnProLeuThrValGluValProTyrIleCys                               165170175                                                                      ACAAAAGGAGAAGACCAAACTACTGTTTGGGGGTTCCATTCTGATAG C630                           ThrLysGlyGluAspGlnThrThrValTrpGlyPheHisSerAspSer                               180185190195                                                                   AAAACCCAAATGAAAAACCTCTATGGAGACTCAAATCCTCAAA AGTTC678                           AsnThrGlnMetLysAsnLeuTyrGlyAspSerAsnProGlnLysPhe                               200205210                                                                      ACCTCATCTGCCAATGGAGTAACCACACATTATGTTTCTCAG ATTGGT726                           ThrSerSerAlaAsnGlyValThrThrHisTyrValSerGlnIleGly                               215220225                                                                      GGCTTCCCAAATCAAACAGAAGACGGAGGGCTACCACAAAGCGGC AGA774                           GlyPheProAsnGlnThrGluAspGlyGlyLeuProGlnSerGlyArg                               230235240                                                                      ATTGTTGTTGATTACATGGTGCAAAAACCTGGGAAAACAGGAACAATT 822                           IleValValAspTyrMetValGlnLysProGlyLysThrGlyThrIle                               245250255                                                                      GTCTATCAAAGAGGTGTTTTGTTGCCTCAAAAGGTGTGGTGCGCAAGT870                            Val TyrGlnArgGlyValLeuLeuProGlnLysValTrpCysAlaSer                              260265270275                                                                   GGCAGGAGCAAGGTAATAAAAGGGTCCTTGCCTTTAATTGGTGAAGCA918                            GlyArgSerLysValIleLysGlySerLeuProLeuIleGlyGluAla                               280285290                                                                      GATTGCCTTCACGCAAAATACGGTGGATTAAACAAAAGCAAGCCTTAC96 6                           AspCysLeuHisAlaLysTyrGlyGlyLeuAsnLysSerLysProTyr                               295300305                                                                      TACACAGGAGAACATGCAAAAGCCATAGGAAATTGCCCAATATGGGTA1014                            TyrThrGlyGluHisAlaLysAlaIleGlyAsnCysProIleTrpVal                              310315320                                                                      AAAACACCTTTGAAGCTTGCCAATGGAACCAAATATAGACCTCCTGCA1062                           LysThr ProLeuLysLeuAlaAsnGlyThrLysTyrArgProProAla                              325330335                                                                      AAACTATTAAAGGAAAGG1080                                                         LysLeuLeuLysGl uArg                                                            340345                                                                         (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:18:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 345 amino acids                                                    (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein                                                    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:18:                                       AspArgIleCysThrGlyIleThrSerSerAsnSerProHisVa lVal                              151015                                                                         LysThrAlaThrGlnGlyGluValAsnValThrGlyValIleProLeu                               202530                                                                         ThrThr ThrProThrLysSerHisPheAlaAsnLeuLysGlyThrLys                              354045                                                                         ThrArgGlyLysLeuCysProAsnCysLeuAsnCysThrAspLeuAsp                               50 5560                                                                        ValAlaLeuAlaArgProMetCysValGlyThrThrProSerAlaLys                               65707580                                                                       AlaSerIleLeuHisGluValArgProValThr SerGlyCysPhePro                              859095                                                                         IleMetHisAspArgThrLysIleArgGlnLeuProAsnLeuLeuArg                               100105 110                                                                     GlyTyrGluAsnIleArgLeuSerThrGlnAsnValIleAsnAlaGlu                               115120125                                                                      ArgAlaProGlyGlyProTyrArgLeuGlyThrSerGlySerCysPro                               130 135140                                                                     AsnValThrSerArgAspGlyPhePheAlaThrMetAlaTrpAlaVal                               145150155160                                                                   ProArgAspAsnLysThrAla ThrAsnProLeuThrValGluValPro                              165170175                                                                      TyrIleCysThrLysGlyGluAspGlnThrThrValTrpGlyPheHis                               180185 190                                                                     SerAspSerAsnThrGlnMetLysAsnLeuTyrGlyAspSerAsnPro                               195200205                                                                      GlnLysPheThrSerSerAlaAsnGlyValThrThrHisTyrVal Ser                              210215220                                                                      GlnIleGlyGlyPheProAsnGlnThrGluAspGlyGlyLeuProGln                               225230235240                                                                   SerGlyArgI leValValAspTyrMetValGlnLysProGlyLysThr                              245250255                                                                      GlyThrIleValTyrGlnArgGlyValLeuLeuProGlnLysValTrp                               260 265270                                                                     CysAlaSerGlyArgSerLysValIleLysGlySerLeuProLeuIle                               275280285                                                                      GlyGluAlaAspCysLeuHisAlaLysTyrGly GlyLeuAsnLysSer                              290295300                                                                      LysProTyrTyrThrGlyGluHisAlaLysAlaIleGlyAsnCysPro                               305310315320                                                                   IleTrpValLysThrProLeuLysLeuAlaAsnGlyThrLysTyrArg                               325330335                                                                      ProProAlaLysLeuLeuLysGluArg                                                    34034 5                                                                        (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:19:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 1080 base pairs                                                    (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                                       (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: CDS                                                              (B) LOCATION: 46..1080                                                         (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /label=NY90                                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:19:                                       ATGAA GGCAATAATTGTACTACTCATGGTAGTAACATCCAACGCAGATCGAATC54                      AspArgIle                                                                      1                                                                              TGCACTGGG ATAACATCTTCAAACTCACCTCATGTGGTCAAAACAGCT102                           CysThrGlyIleThrSerSerAsnSerProHisValValLysThrAla                               51015                                                                          ACTCAAGGGGAAGTCAA TGTGACTGGTGTGATACCACTGACAACAACA150                           ThrGlnGlyGluValAsnValThrGlyValIleProLeuThrThrThr                               20253035                                                                       CCAACAAAATCTC ATTTTGCAAATCTCAAAGGAACAAAGACCAGAGGG198                           ProThrLysSerHisPheAlaAsnLeuLysGlyThrLysThrArgGly                               404550                                                                         AAACTATGCCCA AACTGTCTCAACTGCACAGATCTGGATGTGGCCTTG246                           LysLeuCysProAsnCysLeuAsnCysThrAspLeuAspValAlaLeu                               556065                                                                         GCGAGACCAATGTGT ATAGGGACCATACCTTCGGCAAAAGCTTCAATA294                           AlaArgProMetCysIleGlyThrIleProSerAlaLysAlaSerIle                               707580                                                                         CTCCACGAAGTCAGACCTGT TACATCCGGGTGCTTTCCTATAATGCAC342                           LeuHisGluValArgProValThrSerGlyCysPheProIleMetHis                               859095                                                                         GACAGAACAAAAATCAGACAGCTACCCA ATCTTCTCAGAGGATATGAA390                           AspArgThrLysIleArgGlnLeuProAsnLeuLeuArgGlyTyrGlu                               100105110115                                                                   AATATCAGATTATCAACCCATAAC GTTATCAATGCAGAAAGGGCACCA438                           AsnIleArgLeuSerThrHisAsnValIleAsnAlaGluArgAlaPro                               120125130                                                                      GGAGGACCCTACAGACTTGGAACC TCAGGATCTTGCCCTAACGTTACC486                           GlyGlyProTyrArgLeuGlyThrSerGlySerCysProAsnValThr                               135140145                                                                      AGTAGAAGCGGATTCTTCGCAACAAT GGCTTGGGCTGTCCCAAGGGAC534                           SerArgSerGlyPhePheAlaThrMetAlaTrpAlaValProArgAsp                               150155160                                                                      AACAAAACAGCAACGAACCCACTAACAGTAG AAGTACCATACATTTGT582                           AsnLysThrAlaThrAsnProLeuThrValGluValProTyrIleCys                               165170175                                                                      ACAAAAGGAGAAGACCAAACTACTGTTTGGGGGTTCCAT TCTGATAAC630                           ThrLysGlyGluAspGlnThrThrValTrpGlyPheHisSerAspAsn                               180185190195                                                                   AAAACCCAAATGAAAAACCTCTATGGAGACTCAAAT CCTCAAAAGTTC678                           LysThrGlnMetLysAsnLeuTyrGlyAspSerAsnProGlnLysPhe                               200205210                                                                      ACCTCATCTGCCAATGGAGTAACCACACATTATGT TTCTCAGATTGGT726                           ThrSerSerAlaAsnGlyValThrThrHisTyrValSerGlnIleGly                               215220225                                                                      GGCTTCCCAAATCAAACAGAAGACGGAGGGCTACCAC AAAGCGGCAGA774                           GlyPheProAsnGlnThrGluAspGlyGlyLeuProGlnSerGlyArg                               230235240                                                                      ATTGTTGTTGATTACATGGTGCAAAAACCTGGGAAAACAGGA ACGATT822                           IleValValAspTyrMetValGlnLysProGlyLysThrGlyThrIle                               245250255                                                                      GTCTATCAAAGAGGTGTTTTGTTGCCTCAAAAGGTGTGGTGTGCAAGT 870                           ValTyrGlnArgGlyValLeuLeuProGlnLysValTrpCysAlaSer                               260265270275                                                                   GGCAGGAGCAAGGTAATAAAAGGGTCCTTGCCTTTAATTGGTGAAGC A918                           GlyArgSerLysValIleLysGlySerLeuProLeuIleGlyGluAla                               280285290                                                                      GATTGCCTTCACGAAAAATACGGTGGATTAAACAAAAGCAAGCCTT AC966                           AspCysLeuHisGluLysTyrGlyGlyLeuAsnLysSerLysProTyr                               295300305                                                                      TATACAGGAGAACATGCAAAAGCCATAGGAAATTGCCCAATATGGGTG 1014                          TyrThrGlyGluHisAlaLysAlaIleGlyAsnCysProIleTrpVal                               310315320                                                                      AAAACACCTTTGAAGCTTGCCAATGGAACCAAATACAGACCTCCCGCA106 2                          LysThrProLeuLysLeuAlaAsnGlyThrLysTyrArgProProAla                               325330335                                                                      AAACTATTAAAGGAAAGG1080                                                         LysLeu LeuLysGluArg                                                            340345                                                                         (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:20:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 345 amino acids                                                    (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein                                                    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:20:                                       AspArgIleCysThrGlyIleThrSerSerAsnSer ProHisValVal                              151015                                                                         LysThrAlaThrGlnGlyGluValAsnValThrGlyValIleProLeu                               202530                                                                         ThrThrThrProThrLysSerHisPheAlaAsnLeuLysGlyThrLys                               354045                                                                         ThrArgGlyLysLeuCysProAsnCysLeuAsnCysThrAspLeuAsp                               50 5560                                                                        ValAlaLeuAlaArgProMetCysIleGlyThrIleProSerAlaLys                               65707580                                                                       AlaSerIleLeuHisGluValArgP roValThrSerGlyCysPhePro                              859095                                                                         IleMetHisAspArgThrLysIleArgGlnLeuProAsnLeuLeuArg                               100105 110                                                                     GlyTyrGluAsnIleArgLeuSerThrHisAsnValIleAsnAlaGlu                               115120125                                                                      ArgAlaProGlyGlyProTyrArgLeuGlyThrSerGlySerCysPro                                130135140                                                                     AsnValThrSerArgSerGlyPhePheAlaThrMetAlaTrpAlaVal                               145150155160                                                                   ProArgAspAsnLy sThrAlaThrAsnProLeuThrValGluValPro                              165170175                                                                      TyrIleCysThrLysGlyGluAspGlnThrThrValTrpGlyPheHis                               180 185190                                                                     SerAspAsnLysThrGlnMetLysAsnLeuTyrGlyAspSerAsnPro                               195200205                                                                      GlnLysPheThrSerSerAlaAsnGlyValThrThrH isTyrValSer                              210215220                                                                      GlnIleGlyGlyPheProAsnGlnThrGluAspGlyGlyLeuProGln                               225230235240                                                                   Ser GlyArgIleValValAspTyrMetValGlnLysProGlyLysThr                              245250255                                                                      GlyThrIleValTyrGlnArgGlyValLeuLeuProGlnLysValTrp                                260265270                                                                     CysAlaSerGlyArgSerLysValIleLysGlySerLeuProLeuIle                               275280285                                                                      GlyGluAlaAspCysLeuHisGluLy sTyrGlyGlyLeuAsnLysSer                              290295300                                                                      LysProTyrTyrThrGlyGluHisAlaLysAlaIleGlyAsnCysPro                               305310315 320                                                                  IleTrpValLysThrProLeuLysLeuAlaAsnGlyThrLysTyrArg                               325330335                                                                      ProProAlaLysLeuLeuLysGluArg                                                    340 345                                                                        (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:21:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 1080 base pairs                                                    (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                                       (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: CDS                                                              (B) LOCATION: 46..1080                                                         (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /label=TX90                                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:21:                                       ATGAAGGCAATAATTGTACTACTCATGGTAGTAACATCCAACGCAGATCGAATC54                       AspArgIle                                                                      1                                                                              T GCACTGGGATAACATCTTCAAACTCACCTCATGTGGTCAAAACAGCT102                           CysThrGlyIleThrSerSerAsnSerProHisValValLysThrAla                               51015                                                                          ACTCAAGGG GAAGTCAATGTGACTGGTGTGATACCACTGACAACAACA150                           ThrGlnGlyGluValAsnValThrGlyValIleProLeuThrThrThr                               20253035                                                                       CCAACA AAATCTCATTTTGCAAATCTCAAAGGAACAAAGACCAGAGGG198                           ProThrLysSerHisPheAlaAsnLeuLysGlyThrLysThrArgGly                               404550                                                                         AAACT ATGCCCAAACTGTCTCAACTGCACAGATCTGGATGTGGCCTTG246                           LysLeuCysProAsnCysLeuAsnCysThrAspLeuAspValAlaLeu                               556065                                                                         GCGAGAC CAATGTGTATAGGGACCATACCTTCGGCAAAAGCTTCAATA294                           AlaArgProMetCysIleGlyThrIleProSerAlaLysAlaSerIle                               707580                                                                         CTCCACGAAGTC AGGCCTGTTACATCCAGGTGCTTTCCTATAATGCAC342                           LeuHisGluValArgProValThrSerArgCysPheProIleMetHis                               859095                                                                         GACAGAACAAAAATCAGACAG CTACCCAATCTTCTCAGAGGATATGAA390                           AspArgThrLysIleArgGlnLeuProAsnLeuLeuArgGlyTyrGlu                               100105110115                                                                   AATATCAGATTATCAAC CCATAACGTTATCAACGCAGAAAGGGCACCA438                           AsnIleArgLeuSerThrHisAsnValIleAsnAlaGluArgAlaPro                               120125130                                                                      GGAGGACCCTACAGAC TTGGAACCTCAGGATCTTGCCCTAACGTTACC486                           GlyGlyProTyrArgLeuGlyThrSerGlySerCysProAsnValThr                               135140145                                                                      AGTAGAAGCGGATTCTTC GCAACAATGGCTTGGGCTGTCCCAAGGGAC534                           SerArgSerGlyPhePheAlaThrMetAlaTrpAlaValProArgAsp                               150155160                                                                      AACAAAACAGCAACGAACCCACTA ACAGTAGAAGTACCATACATTTGT582                           AsnLysThrAlaThrAsnProLeuThrValGluValProTyrIleCys                               165170175                                                                      ACAAAAGGAGAAGACCAAACTACTGTTTGGGG GTTCCATTCTGATAAC630                           ThrLysGlyGluAspGlnThrThrValTrpGlyPheHisSerAspAsn                               180185190195                                                                   AAAACCCAAATGAAAAACCTCTATGGAG ACTCAAATCCTCAAAAATTC678                           LysThrGlnMetLysAsnLeuTyrGlyAspSerAsnProGlnLysPhe                               200205210                                                                      ACCTCATCTGCCAATGGAGTAACCACA CATTATGTTTCTCAGATTGGT726                           ThrSerSerAlaAsnGlyValThrThrHisTyrValSerGlnIleGly                               215220225                                                                      GGCTTCCCAAATCAAACAGAAGACGGAGGG CTACCACAAAGCGGCAGA774                           GlyPheProAsnGlnThrGluAspGlyGlyLeuProGlnSerGlyArg                               230235240                                                                      ATTGTTGTTGATTACATGGTGCAAAAACCTGGGAA AACAGGAACAATT822                           IleValValAspTyrMetValGlnLysProGlyLysThrGlyThrIle                               245250255                                                                      GTCTATCAAAGAGGTGTTTTGTTACCTCAAAAGGTGTGGTGCG CAAGT870                           ValTyrGlnArgGlyValLeuLeuProGlnLysValTrpCysAlaSer                               260265270275                                                                   GGCAGGAGCAAGGTAATAAAAGGGTCCTTGCCTTTAATT GGTGAAGCA918                           GlyArgSerLysValIleLysGlySerLeuProLeuIleGlyGluAla                               280285290                                                                      GATTGCCTTCACGCAAAATACGGTGGATTAAACAAAAGC AAGCCTTAC966                           AspCysLeuHisAlaLysTyrGlyGlyLeuAsnLysSerLysProTyr                               295300305                                                                      TACACAGGAGAACATGCAAAAGCCATAGGAAATTGCCCAAT ATGGGTG1014                          TyrThrGlyGluHisAlaLysAlaIleGlyAsnCysProIleTrpVal                               310315320                                                                      AAAACACCTTTGAAGCTTGCCAATGGAACCAAATATAGACCTCCTG CA1062                          LysThrProLeuLysLeuAlaAsnGlyThrLysTyrArgProProAla                               325330335                                                                      AAACTATTAAAGGAAAGG1080                                                         LysLeuLeuLysGluArg                                                             340345                                                                         (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:22:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 345 amino acids                                                    (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein                                                    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:22:                                       AspArgIleCysThrGlyIleThrSerSe rAsnSerProHisValVal                              151015                                                                         LysThrAlaThrGlnGlyGluValAsnValThrGlyValIleProLeu                               2025 30                                                                        ThrThrThrProThrLysSerHisPheAlaAsnLeuLysGlyThrLys                               354045                                                                         ThrArgGlyLysLeuCysProAsnCysLeuAsnCysThrAspLeuAsp                                505560                                                                        ValAlaLeuAlaArgProMetCysIleGlyThrIleProSerAlaLys                               65707580                                                                       AlaSerIleLeuHisGlu ValArgProValThrSerArgCysPhePro                              859095                                                                         IleMetHisAspArgThrLysIleArgGlnLeuProAsnLeuLeuArg                               100 105110                                                                     GlyTyrGluAsnIleArgLeuSerThrHisAsnValIleAsnAlaGlu                               115120125                                                                      ArgAlaProGlyGlyProTyrArgLeuGlyThrSerGlySe rCysPro                              130135140                                                                      AsnValThrSerArgSerGlyPhePheAlaThrMetAlaTrpAlaVal                               145150155160                                                                   ProArg AspAsnLysThrAlaThrAsnProLeuThrValGluValPro                              165170175                                                                      TyrIleCysThrLysGlyGluAspGlnThrThrValTrpGlyPheHis                               180 185190                                                                     SerAspAsnLysThrGlnMetLysAsnLeuTyrGlyAspSerAsnPro                               195200205                                                                      GlnLysPheThrSerSerAlaAsnGlyVal ThrThrHisTyrValSer                              210215220                                                                      GlnIleGlyGlyPheProAsnGlnThrGluAspGlyGlyLeuProGln                               225230235 240                                                                  SerGlyArgIleValValAspTyrMetValGlnLysProGlyLysThr                               245250255                                                                      GlyThrIleValTyrGlnArgGlyValLeuLeuProGlnLysValTrp                                260265270                                                                     CysAlaSerGlyArgSerLysValIleLysGlySerLeuProLeuIle                               275280285                                                                      GlyGluAlaAspCysLeu HisAlaLysTyrGlyGlyLeuAsnLysSer                              290295300                                                                      LysProTyrTyrThrGlyGluHisAlaLysAlaIleGlyAsnCysPro                               305310315 320                                                                  IleTrpValLysThrProLeuLysLeuAlaAsnGlyThrLysTyrArg                               325330335                                                                      ProProAlaLysLeuLeuLysGluArg                                                    34 0345                                                                        (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:23:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 1080 base pairs                                                    (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                                       (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: CDS                                                              (B) LOCATION: 46..1080                                                         (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /label=BK91                                              (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:23:                                      ATGAAGGCAATAATTGTACTACTCATGGTAGTAACATCCAACGCAGATCGAATC54                       AspArgIle                                                                       1                                                                             TGCACTGGGATAACATCTTCAAACTCACCTCATGTGGTCAAAACAGCT102                            CysThrGlyIleThrSerSerAsnSerProHisValValLysThrAla                               51015                                                                          AC TCAAGGGGAAGTCAATGTGACTGGTGTGATACCACTGACAACAACA150                           ThrGlnGlyGluValAsnValThrGlyValIleProLeuThrThrThr                               20253035                                                                       CCAACAAAATCTCATTTTGCAAATCTCAAAGGAACAAAGACCAGAGGG198                            ProThrLysSerHisPheAlaAsnLeuLysGlyThrLysThrArgGly                               40455 0                                                                        AAACTATGCCCAAACTGTCTCAACTGCACAGATCTGGATGTGGCCTTG246                            LysLeuCysProAsnCysLeuAsnCysThrAspLeuAspValAlaLeu                               556065                                                                          GCGAGACCAATGTGTATAGGGACCATACCTTCGGCAAAAGCTTCAATA294                           AlaArgProMetCysIleGlyThrIleProSerAlaLysAlaSerIle                               707580                                                                         CTCCA CGAAGTCAGACCTGTTACATCCGGGTGCTTTCCTATAATGCAC342                           LeuHisGluValArgProValThrSerGlyCysPheProIleMetHis                               859095                                                                         GACAGAACAAAAA TCAGACAACTACCCAATCTTCTCAGAGGATATGAA390                           AspArgThrLysIleArgGlnLeuProAsnLeuLeuArgGlyTyrGlu                               100105110115                                                                   AATATCAGA TTATCAACCCATAACGTTATCAACGCAGAAAGGGCACCA438                           AsnIleArgLeuSerThrHisAsnValIleAsnAlaGluArgAlaPro                               120125130                                                                      GGAGGACCC TACAGACTTGGAACCTCAGGATCTTGCCCTAACGTTACC486                           GlyGlyProTyrArgLeuGlyThrSerGlySerCysProAsnValThr                               135140145                                                                      AGTAAAAGCGG ATTCTTCGCAACAATGGCTTGGGCTGTCCCAAGGGAC534                           SerLysSerGlyPhePheAlaThrMetAlaTrpAlaValProArgAsp                               150155160                                                                      AACAAAACAGCAACGA ACCCACTAACAGTAGAAGTACCATACATTTGT582                           AsnLysThrAlaThrAsnProLeuThrValGluValProTyrIleCys                               165170175                                                                      ACAAAAGGAGAAGACCAAACTACT GTTTGGGGGTTCCATTCTGATAAC630                           ThrLysGlyGluAspGlnThrThrValTrpGlyPheHisSerAspAsn                               180185190195                                                                   AAGAACCAAATGAACAAACTC TATGGAGACTCAAATCCTCAAAAGTTC678                           LysAsnGlnMetAsnLysLeuTyrGlyAspSerAsnProGlnLysPhe                               200205210                                                                      ACCTCATCTGTCAATGGAGT AACCACACATTATGTTTCTCAGATTGGT726                           ThrSerSerValAsnGlyValThrThrHisTyrValSerGlnIleGly                               215220225                                                                      GGCTTCCCAAATCAAACAGAAG ACGGAGGGCTACCACAAAGCGGCAGA774                           GlyPheProAsnGlnThrGluAspGlyGlyLeuProGlnSerGlyArg                               230235240                                                                      ATTGTTGTTGATTACATGGTGCAAAAA CCTGGGAAAACAGGAACAATT822                           IleValValAspTyrMetValGlnLysProGlyLysThrGlyThrIle                               245250255                                                                      GTCTATCAAAGAGGTGTTTTGTTGCCTCAAAAGGTG TGGTGTGCAAGT870                           ValTyrGlnArgGlyValLeuLeuProGlnLysValTrpCysAlaSer                               260265270275                                                                   GGCAGGAGCAAGGTAATAAAAGGGTCCTTGCC TTTAATTGGTGAAGCA918                           GlyArgSerLysValIleLysGlySerLeuProLeuIleGlyGluAla                               280285290                                                                      GATTGCCTTCACGAAAAATACGGTGGATTAA ACAAAAGCAAGCCTTAC966                           AspCysLeuHisGluLysTyrGlyGlyLeuAsnLysSerLysProTyr                               295300305                                                                      TACACAGGAGAACATGCAAAAGCCATAGGAAAT TGCCCAATATGGGTG1014                          TyrThrGlyGluHisAlaLysAlaIleGlyAsnCysProIleTrpVal                               310315320                                                                      AAAACACCTTTGAAGCTTGCCAATGGAACCAAATATAGA CCTCCTGCA1062                          LysThrProLeuLysLeuAlaAsnGlyThrLysTyrArgProProAla                               325330335                                                                      AAACTATTAAAGGAAAGG 1080                                                        LysLeuLeuLysGluArg                                                             340345                                                                         (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:24:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 345 amino acids                                                    (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein                                                    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:24:                                       AspArgIleCysThrGlyIle ThrSerSerAsnSerProHisValVal                              151015                                                                         LysThrAlaThrGlnGlyGluValAsnValThrGlyValIleProLeu                               2025 30                                                                        ThrThrThrProThrLysSerHisPheAlaAsnLeuLysGlyThrLys                               354045                                                                         ThrArgGlyLysLeuCysProAsnCysLeuAsnCysThrAspLeu Asp                              505560                                                                         ValAlaLeuAlaArgProMetCysIleGlyThrIleProSerAlaLys                               65707580                                                                       AlaSerIleL euHisGluValArgProValThrSerGlyCysPhePro                              859095                                                                         IleMetHisAspArgThrLysIleArgGlnLeuProAsnLeuLeuArg                               100 105110                                                                     GlyTyrGluAsnIleArgLeuSerThrHisAsnValIleAsnAlaGlu                               115120125                                                                      ArgAlaProGlyGlyProTyrArgLeuGlyThr SerGlySerCysPro                              130135140                                                                      AsnValThrSerLysSerGlyPhePheAlaThrMetAlaTrpAlaVal                               145150155160                                                                   ProArgAspAsnLysThrAlaThrAsnProLeuThrValGluValPro                               165170175                                                                      TyrIleCysThrLysGlyGluAspGlnThrThrValTrpGlyPheHis                                180185190                                                                     SerAspAsnLysAsnGlnMetAsnLysLeuTyrGlyAspSerAsnPro                               195200205                                                                      GlnLysPheThrSerSerValA snGlyValThrThrHisTyrValSer                              210215220                                                                      GlnIleGlyGlyPheProAsnGlnThrGluAspGlyGlyLeuProGln                               225230235 240                                                                  SerGlyArgIleValValAspTyrMetValGlnLysProGlyLysThr                               245250255                                                                      GlyThrIleValTyrGlnArgGlyValLeuLeuProGlnLys ValTrp                              260265270                                                                      CysAlaSerGlyArgSerLysValIleLysGlySerLeuProLeuIle                               275280285                                                                      GlyGluAlaAs pCysLeuHisGluLysTyrGlyGlyLeuAsnLysSer                              290295300                                                                      LysProTyrTyrThrGlyGluHisAlaLysAlaIleGlyAsnCysPro                               305310 315320                                                                  IleTrpValLysThrProLeuLysLeuAlaAsnGlyThrLysTyrArg                               325330335                                                                      ProProAlaLysLeuLeuLysGluArg                                                     340345                                                                        (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:25:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 1080 base pairs                                                    (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                                       (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: CDS                                                              (B) LOCATION: 46..1080                                                         ( D) OTHER INFORMATION: /label=TX91                                            (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:25:                                       ATGAAGGCAATAATTGTACTACTCATGGTAGTAACATCCAACGCAGATCGAATC54                       AspArgIle                                                                       1                                                                             TGCACTGGGATAACATCTTCAAACTCACCTCATGTGGTCAAAACAGCT102                            CysThrGlyIleThrSerSerAsnSerProHisValValLysThrAla                               510 15                                                                         ACTCAAGGGGAAGTCAATGTGACTGGTGTGATACCACTGACAACAACA150                            ThrGlnGlyGluValAsnValThrGlyValIleProLeuThrThrThr                               202530 35                                                                      CCAACAAAATCTCATTTTGCAAATCTCAAAGGAACAAAGACCAGAGGG198                            ProThrLysSerHisPheAlaAsnLeuLysGlyThrLysThrArgGly                               4045 50                                                                        AAACTATGCCCAAACTGTCTCAACTGCACAGATCTGGATGTGGCCTTG246                            LysLeuCysProAsnCysLeuAsnCysThrAspLeuAspValAlaLeu                               5560 65                                                                        GCGAGACCAATGTGTATAGGGACCATACCTTCGGCAAAAGCTTCAATA294                            AlaArgProMetCysIleGlyThrIleProSerAlaLysAlaSerIle                               70758 0                                                                        CTCCACGAAGTCAGGCCTGTTACATCCGGGTGCTTTCCTATAATGCAC342                            LeuHisGluValArgProValThrSerGlyCysPheProIleMetHis                               859095                                                                         GACAGA ACAAAAATCAGACAGCTACCCAATCTTCTCAGAGGATATGAA390                           AspArgThrLysIleArgGlnLeuProAsnLeuLeuArgGlyTyrGlu                               100105110115                                                                   AA TATCAGATTATCAACCCATAACGTTATCAACGCAGAAAGGGCACCA438                           AsnIleArgLeuSerThrHisAsnValIleAsnAlaGluArgAlaPro                               120125130                                                                      G GAGGACCCTACAGACTTGGAACCTCAGGATCTTGCCCTAACGTTACC486                           GlyGlyProTyrArgLeuGlyThrSerGlySerCysProAsnValThr                               135140145                                                                      AGT AGAAGCGGATTCTTCGCAACAATGGCTTGGGCTGTCCCAAGGGAC534                           SerArgSerGlyPhePheAlaThrMetAlaTrpAlaValProArgAsp                               150155160                                                                      AACAAAACA GCAACGAACCCACTAACAGTAGAAGTACCATACATTTGT582                           AsnLysThrAlaThrAsnProLeuThrValGluValProTyrIleCys                               165170175                                                                      ACAAAAGGAGAAGACCA AACTACTGTTTGGGGGTTCCATTCTGATAAC630                           ThrLysGlyGluAspGlnThrThrValTrpGlyPheHisSerAspAsn                               180185190195                                                                   AAAATCCAAATGA ACAAACTCTATGGAGACTCAAATCCTCAAAAATTC678                           LysIleGlnMetAsnLysLeuTyrGlyAspSerAsnProGlnLysPhe                               200205210                                                                      ACCTCATCTGCC AATGGAGTAACCACACATTATGTTTCTCAGATTGGT726                           ThrSerSerAlaAsnGlyValThrThrHisTyrValSerGlnIleGly                               215220225                                                                      GGCTTCCCAAATCAA ACAGAAGACGGAGGGCTACCACAAAGCGGCAGA774                           GlyPheProAsnGlnThrGluAspGlyGlyLeuProGlnSerGlyArg                               230235240                                                                      ATTGTTGTTGATTACATGGT GCAAAAACCTGGGAAAACAGGAACAATT822                           IleValValAspTyrMetValGlnLysProGlyLysThrGlyThrIle                               245250255                                                                      GTCTATCAAAGAGGTGTTTTATTACCTC AAAAGGTGTGGTGTGCAAGT870                           ValTyrGlnArgGlyValLeuLeuProGlnLysValTrpCysAlaSer                               260265270275                                                                   GGCAGGAGCAAGGTAATAAAAGGG TCCTTGCCTTTAATTGGTGAAGCA918                           GlyArgSerLysValIleLysGlySerLeuProLeuIleGlyGluAla                               280285290                                                                      GATTGCCTTCACGAAAAATACGGT GGATTAAACAAAAGCAAGCCTTAC966                           AspCysLeuHisGluLysTyrGlyGlyLeuAsnLysSerLysProTyr                               295300305                                                                      TACACAGGTGAACATGCAAAAGCCAT AGGAAATTGCCCAATATGGGTG1014                          TyrThrGlyGluHisAlaLysAlaIleGlyAsnCysProIleTrpVal                               310315320                                                                      AAAACACCTTTGAAGCTTGCCAATGGAACCA AATATAGACCTCCTGCA1062                          LysThrProLeuLysLeuAlaAsnGlyThrLysTyrArgProProAla                               325330335                                                                      AAACTATTAAAGGAAAGG 1080                                                        LysLeuLeuLysGluArg                                                             340345                                                                         (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:26:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 345 amino acids                                                    (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein                                                    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:26:                                       AspArgIleCysTh rGlyIleThrSerSerAsnSerProHisValVal                              151015                                                                         LysThrAlaThrGlnGlyGluValAsnValThrGlyValIleProLeu                               20 2530                                                                        ThrThrThrProThrLysSerHisPheAlaAsnLeuLysGlyThrLys                               354045                                                                         ThrArgGlyLysLeuCysProAsnCysLeuAsnCysT hrAspLeuAsp                              505560                                                                         ValAlaLeuAlaArgProMetCysIleGlyThrIleProSerAlaLys                               65707580                                                                       Ala SerIleLeuHisGluValArgProValThrSerGlyCysPhePro                              859095                                                                         IleMetHisAspArgThrLysIleArgGlnLeuProAsnLeuLeuArg                                100105110                                                                     GlyTyrGluAsnIleArgLeuSerThrHisAsnValIleAsnAlaGlu                               115120125                                                                      ArgAlaProGlyGlyProTyrArgLe uGlyThrSerGlySerCysPro                              130135140                                                                      AsnValThrSerArgSerGlyPhePheAlaThrMetAlaTrpAlaVal                               145150155 160                                                                  ProArgAspAsnLysThrAlaThrAsnProLeuThrValGluValPro                               165170175                                                                      TyrIleCysThrLysGlyGluAspGlnThrThrValTrpGlyPheH is                              180185190                                                                      SerAspAsnLysIleGlnMetAsnLysLeuTyrGlyAspSerAsnPro                               195200205                                                                      GlnLysPheThrSer SerAlaAsnGlyValThrThrHisTyrValSer                              210215220                                                                      GlnIleGlyGlyPheProAsnGlnThrGluAspGlyGlyLeuProGln                               225230 235240                                                                  SerGlyArgIleValValAspTyrMetValGlnLysProGlyLysThr                               245250255                                                                      GlyThrIleValTyrGlnArgGlyValLeuLeuPr oGlnLysValTrp                              260265270                                                                      CysAlaSerGlyArgSerLysValIleLysGlySerLeuProLeuIle                               275280285                                                                      Gly GluAlaAspCysLeuHisGluLysTyrGlyGlyLeuAsnLysSer                              290295300                                                                      LysProTyrTyrThrGlyGluHisAlaLysAlaIleGlyAsnCysPro                               305310 315320                                                                  IleTrpValLysThrProLeuLysLeuAlaAsnGlyThrLysTyrArg                               325330335                                                                      ProProAlaLysLeuLeuLysGlu Arg                                                   340345                                                                         (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:27:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 1086 base pairs                                                    (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                                       (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: CDS                                                              (B) LOCATION: 46..1086                                                          (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /label=VI87                                            (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:27:                                       ATGAAGGCAATAATTGTACTACTCATGGTAGTAACATCCAATGCAGATCGAATC54                       AspArgIle                                                                       1                                                                             TGCACTGGGATAACATCGTCAAACTCACCCCATGTGGTCAAAACTGCT102                            CysThrGlyIleThrSerSerAsnSerProHisValValLysThrAla                               510 15                                                                         ACTCAAGGGGAAGTCAATGTGACTGGTGTGATACCACTGACAACAACA150                            ThrGlnGlyGluValAsnValThrGlyValIleProLeuThrThrThr                               202530 35                                                                      CCAACCAAATCTCATTTTGCAAATCTCAAAGGAACAAAAACCAGAGGG198                            ProThrLysSerHisPheAlaAsnLeuLysGlyThrLysThrArgGly                               404 550                                                                        AAACTATGCCCAAAGTGTCTCAACTGCACAGATCTGGACGTGGCCTTG246                            LysLeuCysProLysCysLeuAsnCysThrAspLeuAspValAlaLeu                               5560 65                                                                        GCGAGACCAAAGTGCATGGGGACCATACCTTCGGCAAAAGCTTCAATA294                            AlaArgProLysCysMetGlyThrIleProSerAlaLysAlaSerIle                               7075 80                                                                        CTCCATGAAGTCAAACCTGTTACATCTGGGTGCTTTCCTATAATGCAC342                            LeuHisGluValLysProValThrSerGlyCysPheProIleMetHis                               859095                                                                         GACAGAACAAAAATTAGACAGCTACCCAATCTTCTCAGAGGATACGAA390                            AspArgThrLysIleArgGlnLeuProAsnLeuLeuArgGlyTyrGlu                               100105110 115                                                                  CATATCAGGTTATCAACCCATAACGTTATCAACGCAGAAACGGCACCA438                            HisIleArgLeuSerThrHisAsnValIleAsnAlaGluThrAlaPro                               120125 130                                                                     GGAGGACCCTACAAAGTTGGAACCTCAGGGTCTTGCCCTAACGTTACC486                            GlyGlyProTyrLysValGlyThrSerGlySerCysProAsnValThr                               135140 145                                                                     AATGGAAACGGATTCTTCGCAACAATGGCTTGGGCTGTCCCAAAAAAC534                            AsnGlyAsnGlyPhePheAlaThrMetAlaTrpAlaValProLysAsn                               150155160                                                                      G ACAACAACAAAACAGCAACAAATCCATTAACAGTAGAAGTACCATAC582                           AspAsnAsnLysThrAlaThrAsnProLeuThrValGluValProTyr                               165170175                                                                      ATTTGTACA GAAGGAGAAGACCAAATTACTGTTTGGGGGTTCCACTCT630                           IleCysThrGluGlyGluAspGlnIleThrValTrpGlyPheHisSer                               180185190195                                                                   GATAGC GAAACCCAAATGGTAAAACTCTATGGAGACTCAAAGCCTCAG678                           AspSerGluThrGlnMetValLysLeuTyrGlyAspSerLysProGln                               200205210                                                                      AAGTT CACCTCATCTGCCAATGGAGTAACCACACATTACGTTTCACAG726                           LysPheThrSerSerAlaAsnGlyValThrThrHisTyrValSerGln                               215220225                                                                      ATTGGTG GCTTCCCAAATCAAGCAGAAGACGGAGGGCTACCACAAAGC774                           IleGlyGlyPheProAsnGlnAlaGluAspGlyGlyLeuProGlnSer                               230235240                                                                      GGTAGAATTGTT GTTGATTACATGGTGCAAAAATCTGGAAAAACAGGA822                           GlyArgIleValValAspTyrMetValGlnLysSerGlyLysThrGly                               245250255                                                                      ACAATTACCTACCAAAGAGGT ATTTTATTGCCTCAAAAAGTGTGGTGC870                           ThrIleThrTyrGlnArgGlyIleLeuLeuProGlnLysValTrpCys                               260265270275                                                                   GCAAGTGGCAGGAGCAA GGTAATAAAAGGGTCCTTGCCTTTAATTGGT918                           AlaSerGlyArgSerLysValIleLysGlySerLeuProLeuIleGly                               280285290                                                                      GAAGCAGATTGCCTCC ACGAAAAATACGGTGGATTAAACAAAAGCAAG966                           GluAlaAspCysLeuHisGluLysTyrGlyGlyLeuAsnLysSerLys                               295300305                                                                      CCTTACTACACAGGAGAA CATGCAAAAGCCATAGGAAATTGCCCAATA1014                          ProTyrTyrThrGlyGluHisAlaLysAlaIleGlyAsnCysProIle                               310315320                                                                      TGGGTGAAAACACCCTTGAAGCTG GCCAATGGAACCAAATATAGACCT1062                          TrpValLysThrProLeuLysLeuAlaAsnGlyThrLysTyrArgPro                               325330335                                                                      CCTGCAAAACTATTAAAGGAAAGG 1086                                                  ProAlaLysLeuLeuLysGluArg                                                       340345                                                                         (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:28:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 347 amino acids                                                    (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein                                                    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:28:                                        AspArgIleCysThrGlyIleThrSerSerAsnSerProHisValVal                              151015                                                                         LysThrAlaThrGlnGlyGluValAsnValThrGlyValIleProLeu                                202530                                                                        ThrThrThrProThrLysSerHisPheAlaAsnLeuLysGlyThrLys                               354045                                                                         ThrArgGlyLysLeuCysProLys CysLeuAsnCysThrAspLeuAsp                              505560                                                                         ValAlaLeuAlaArgProLysCysMetGlyThrIleProSerAlaLys                               657075 80                                                                      AlaSerIleLeuHisGluValLysProValThrSerGlyCysPhePro                               859095                                                                         IleMetHisAspArgThrLysIleArgGlnLeuProAsnLeuLe uArg                              100105110                                                                      GlyTyrGluHisIleArgLeuSerThrHisAsnValIleAsnAlaGlu                               115120125                                                                      ThrAlaProGly GlyProTyrLysValGlyThrSerGlySerCysPro                              130135140                                                                      AsnValThrAsnGlyAsnGlyPhePheAlaThrMetAlaTrpAlaVal                               145150 155160                                                                  ProLysAsnAspAsnAsnLysThrAlaThrAsnProLeuThrValGlu                               165170175                                                                      ValProTyrIleCysThrGluGlyGluAspGln IleThrValTrpGly                              180185190                                                                      PheHisSerAspSerGluThrGlnMetValLysLeuTyrGlyAspSer                               195200205                                                                      L ysProGlnLysPheThrSerSerAlaAsnGlyValThrThrHisTyr                              210215220                                                                      ValSerGlnIleGlyGlyPheProAsnGlnAlaGluAspGlyGlyLeu                               2252 30235240                                                                  ProGlnSerGlyArgIleValValAspTyrMetValGlnLysSerGly                               245250255                                                                      LysThrGlyThrIleThrTyr GlnArgGlyIleLeuLeuProGlnLys                              260265270                                                                      ValTrpCysAlaSerGlyArgSerLysValIleLysGlySerLeuPro                               275280 285                                                                     LeuIleGlyGluAlaAspCysLeuHisGluLysTyrGlyGlyLeuAsn                               290295300                                                                      LysSerLysProTyrTyrThrGlyGluHisAlaLysAlaIleGlyAsn                               305 310315320                                                                  CysProIleTrpValLysThrProLeuLysLeuAlaAsnGlyThrLys                               325330335                                                                      TyrArgProP roAlaLysLeuLeuLysGluArg                                             340345                                                                         (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:29:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 347 amino acids                                                    (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein                                                    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:29:                                       AspArgIleCysThrG lyIleThrSerSerAsnSerProHisValVal                              151015                                                                         LysThrAlaThrGlnGlyGluValAsnValThrGlyValIleProLeu                               20 2530                                                                        ThrThrThrProThrLysSerHisPheAlaAsnLeuLysGlyThrLys                               354045                                                                         ThrArgGlyLysLeuCysProLysCysLeuAsnCysThr AspLeuAsp                              505560                                                                         ValAlaLeuAlaArgProLysCysMetGlyThrIleProSerAlaLys                               65707580                                                                       AlaSe rIleLeuHisGluValLysProValThrSerGlyCysPhePro                              859095                                                                         IleMetHisAspArgThrLysIleArgGlnLeuProAsnLeuLeuArg                               10 0105110                                                                     GlyTyrGluHisIleArgLeuSerThrHisAsnValIleAsnAlaGlu                               115120125                                                                      ThrAlaProGlyGlyProTyrLysValG lyThrSerGlySerCysPro                              130135140                                                                      AsnValThrAsnGlyAsnGlyPhePheAlaThrMetAlaTrpAlaVal                               145150155 160                                                                  ProLysAsnAsnAsnAsnLysThrAlaThrAsnProLeuThrValGlu                               165170175                                                                      ValProTyrIleCysThrGluGlyGluAspGlnIleThrValTrpGly                                180185190                                                                     PheHisSerAspAsnGluAlaGlnMetValLysLeuTyrGlyAspSer                               195200205                                                                      LysProGlnLysPheTh rSerSerAlaAsnGlyValThrThrHisTyr                              210215220                                                                      ValSerGlnIleGlyGlyPheProAsnGlnAlaGluAspGlyGlyLeu                               22523023 5240                                                                  ProGlnSerGlyArgIleValValAspTyrMetValGlnLysSerGly                               245250255                                                                      LysThrGlyThrIleThrTyrGlnArgGlyIleLeuL euProGlnLys                              260265270                                                                      ValTrpCysAlaSerGlyArgSerLysValIleLysGlySerLeuPro                               275280285                                                                      LeuIle GlyGluArgAspCysLeuHisGluLysTyrGlyGlyLeuAsn                              290295300                                                                      LysSerLysProTyrTyrThrGlyGluHisAlaLysAlaIleGlyAsn                               305310 315320                                                                  CysProIleTrpValLysThrProLeuLysLeuAlaAsnGlyThrLys                               325330335                                                                      TyrArgProProAlaLysLeuLeuLy sGluArg                                             340345                                                                         (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:30:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 1080 base pairs                                                    (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                                       (ix) FEATURE:                                                                  (A) NAME/KEY: CDS                                                              (B) LOCATION: 46..1080                                                         (D) OTHER INFORMATION: /label=YM88                                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:30:                                       ATGAAGGCAATAATTGTACTACTCATGGTAGTAACATCCAACGCAGATCGAATC54                       AspArgIle                                                                       1                                                                             TGCACTGGGATAACATCTTCAAACTCACCTCATGTGGTCAAAACAGCT102                            CysThrGlyIleThrSerSerAsnSerProHisValValLysThrAla                               510 15                                                                         ACTCAAGGGGAAGTTAATGTGACTGGTGTGATACCACTGACAACAACA150                            ThrGlnGlyGluValAsnValThrGlyValIleProLeuThrThrThr                               2025 3035                                                                      CCAACAAAATCTCATTTTGCAAATCTCAAAGGAACAAAGACCAGAGGG198                            ProThrLysSerHisPheAlaAsnLeuLysGlyThrLysThrArgGly                               40 4550                                                                        AAACTATGCCCAAACTGTCTCAACTGCACAGATCTGGATGTGGCCTTG246                            LysLeuCysProAsnCysLeuAsnCysThrAspLeuAspValAlaLeu                               55 6065                                                                        GCGAGACCAATGTGTATGGGGACCATACCTTCGGCAAAAGCTTCAATA294                            AlaArgProMetCysMetGlyThrIleProSerAlaLysAlaSerIle                               7075 80                                                                        CTCCACGAAGTCAGACCTGTTACATCCGGGTGCTTTCCTATAATGCAC342                            LeuHisGluValArgProValThrSerGlyCysPheProIleMetHis                               8590 95                                                                        GACAGAACAAAAATCAGACAGCTACCCAATCTTCTCAGAGGATATGAA390                            AspArgThrLysIleArgGlnLeuProAsnLeuLeuArgGlyTyrGlu                               100105110 115                                                                  AATATCAGATTATCAACCCATAACGTTATCAACGCAGAAAGGGCACCA438                            AsnIleArgLeuSerThrHisAsnValIleAsnAlaGluArgAlaPro                               120125 130                                                                     GGAGGACCCTACAGACTTGGAACCTCAGGATCTTGCCCTAACGTTACC486                            GlyGlyProTyrArgLeuGlyThrSerGlySerCysProAsnValThr                               135140 145                                                                     AGTAGAAACGGATTCTTCGCAACAATGGCTTGGGCTGTCCCAAGGGAC534                            SerArgAsnGlyPhePheAlaThrMetAlaTrpAlaValProArgAsp                               15015516 0                                                                     AACAAAACAGCAACGAATCCACTAACAGTAGAAGTACCATACATTTGC582                            AsnLysThrAlaThrAsnProLeuThrValGluValProTyrIleCys                               165170175                                                                      ACAAAA GGAGAAGACCAAATTACTGTTTGGGGGTTCCATTCTGATGAC630                           ThrLysGlyGluAspGlnIleThrValTrpGlyPheHisSerAspAsp                               180185190195                                                                   AA AACCCAAATGAAAAAACTCTATGGAGACTCAAATCCTCAAAAGTTC678                           LysThrGlnMetLysLysLeuTyrGlyAspSerAsnProGlnLysPhe                               200205210                                                                      A CCTCATCTGCCAATGGAGTAACCACACATTATGTTTCTCAGATTGGT726                           ThrSerSerAlaAsnGlyValThrThrHisTyrValSerGlnIleGly                               215220225                                                                      GAC TTCCCAAATCAAACAGAAGACGGAGGGCTACCACAAAGCGGCAGA774                           AspPheProAsnGlnThrGluAspGlyGlyLeuProGlnSerGlyArg                               230235240                                                                      ATTGTTGTT GATTACATGGTGCAAAAACCTGGGAAAACAGGAACAATA822                           IleValValAspTyrMetValGlnLysProGlyLysThrGlyThrIle                               245250255                                                                      GTCTATCAAAGAGGTGT TTTGTTGCCTCAAAAGGTGTGGTGCGCAAGT870                           ValTyrGlnArgGlyValLeuLeuProGlnLysValTrpCysAlaSer                               260265270275                                                                   GGCAGGAGCAAGG TAATAAAAGGGTCCTTGCCTTTAATTGGTGAAGCA918                           GlyArgSerLysValIleLysGlySerLeuProLeuIleGlyGluAla                               280285290                                                                      GATTGCCTTCAC GCAAAATACGGTGGATTAAACAAAAGCAAGCCTTAC966                           AspCysLeuHisAlaLysTyrGlyGlyLeuAsnLysSerLysProTyr                               295300305                                                                      TACACAGGAGAACAT GCAAAAGCCATAGGAAATTGCCCAATATGGGTG1014                          TyrThrGlyGluHisAlaLysAlaIleGlyAsnCysProIleTrpVal                               310315320                                                                      AAAACACCTTTGAAGCTTGC CAATGGAACCAAATATAGACCTCCTGCA1062                          LysThrProLeuLysLeuAlaAsnGlyThrLysTyrArgProProAla                               325330335                                                                      AAACTATTAAAGGAAAGG 1080                                                        LysLeuLeuLysGluArg                                                             340345                                                                         (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:31:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 345 amino acids                                                    (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                           (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein                                                    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:31:                                       Asp ArgIleCysThrGlyIleThrSerSerAsnSerProHisValVal                              151015                                                                         LysThrAlaThrGlnGlyGluValAsnValThrGlyValIleProLeu                                202530                                                                        ThrThrThrProThrLysSerHisPheAlaAsnLeuLysGlyThrLys                               354045                                                                         ThrArgGlyLysLeuCysProAsnCy sLeuAsnCysThrAspLeuAsp                              505560                                                                         ValAlaLeuAlaArgProMetCysMetGlyThrIleProSerAlaLys                               657075 80                                                                      AlaSerIleLeuHisGluValArgProValThrSerGlyCysPhePro                               859095                                                                         IleMetHisAspArgThrLysIleArgGlnLeuProAsnLeuLeuA rg                              100105110                                                                      GlyTyrGluAsnIleArgLeuSerThrHisAsnValIleAsnAlaGlu                               115120125                                                                      ArgAlaProGlyGly ProTyrArgLeuGlyThrSerGlySerCysPro                              130135140                                                                      AsnValThrSerArgAsnGlyPhePheAlaThrMetAlaTrpAlaVal                               145150 155160                                                                  ProArgAspAsnLysThrAlaThrAsnProLeuThrValGluValPro                               165170175                                                                      TyrIleCysThrLysGlyGluAspGlnIleThrVa lTrpGlyPheHis                              180185190                                                                      SerAspAspLysThrGlnMetLysLysLeuTyrGlyAspSerAsnPro                               195200205                                                                      Gln LysPheThrSerSerAlaAsnGlyValThrThrHisTyrValSer                              210215220                                                                      GlnIleGlyAspPheProAsnGlnThrGluAspGlyGlyLeuProGln                               225230 235240                                                                  SerGlyArgIleValValAspTyrMetValGlnLysProGlyLysThr                               245250255                                                                      GlyThrIleValTyrGlnArgGly ValLeuLeuProGlnLysValTrp                              260265270                                                                      CysAlaSerGlyArgSerLysValIleLysGlySerLeuProLeuIle                               275280 285                                                                     GlyGluAlaAspCysLeuHisAlaLysTyrGlyGlyLeuAsnLysSer                               290295300                                                                      LysProTyrTyrThrGlyGluHisAlaLysAlaIleGlyAsnCysPro                               305 310315320                                                                  IleTrpValLysThrProLeuLysLeuAlaAsnGlyThrLysTyrArg                               325330335                                                                      ProProAlaLys LeuLeuLysGluArg                                                   340345                                                                     

What is claimed is:
 1. An isolated nucleic acid having a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ. I.D. Nos. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, and
 25. 2. A nucleic acid of claim 1 wherein the nucleotide sequence is that of B/IN/89, as shown in SEQ. I.D. No.
 3. 3. A nucleic acid of claim 1 wherein the nucleotide sequence is that of B/HK/289, as shown in SEQ. I.D. No.
 11. 4. A nucleic acid of claim 1 wherein the nucleotide sequence is that of B/PN/90, as shown in SEQ. I.D. No.
 17. 5. A nucleic acid of claim 1 wherein the nucleotide sequence is that of B/BK/91, as shown in SEQ. I.D. No.
 23. 6. A nucleic acid of claim 1 wherein the nucleotide sequence is that of B/VI/89, as shown in SEQ. I.D. No.
 5. 7. A nuclei acid of claim 1 wherein the nucleotide sequence is that of B/NY/90, as shown in SEQ. I.D. No.
 19. 8. A nucleic acid of claim 1 wherein the nucleotide sequence is that of B/HK/89, as shown in SEQ. I.D. No.
 9. 